Health and social work services

Tender description

This contract is for a single, integrated drug and alcohol recovery service for adults misusing drugs or alcohol. The new contract will create a significantly different approach to recovery which offers a more integrated, seamless pathway, ensuring consistent care and providing the right kind of expert support at the right time. This contract is for a single, integrated drug and alcohol recovery service for adults misusing drugs or alcohol. The contract period will be for sixty (60) months from an estimated start date of 1.4.2018 with options to extend up to a further forty-eight (48) months in two (2) twenty-four (24) month periods. This procurement has been conducted in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement is subject to the light-touch regime under Section 7 Social and Other Specific Services. Under Regulation 76 the council is free to establish a procedure, provided that procedure is sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of economic operators (service providers).