Alcohol and Drug Services

Tender description

The Alcohol & Drug Services Contract was advertised on the OJEU in 2017 and awarded in 2018, for a 3 + 2 year contract. The total value of the contract across the 5 years is £13,152,124.00. Post contract award multiple minor modifications were made totalling £743,380.56, utilising Regulation 72(5) (b) and (1) (c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR 15). This VEAT notice is to inform the market that the Council intends to vary the contract by a further amount of £280,066.00 utilising Regulation 72 (1) (C) of PCR 15, to include the provision of the below elements until the end of the contract. • Enhanced Harm Reduction: Peer-to-peer naloxone provision and additional supply; addition of foil within Needle Syringe Packs • More Treatment Options: Additional supply of Novel Long Acting Opioid Substitution Therapy Buvidal • Increased Integration and Care Pathways:Recruitment of Referral Generation Workers and Drug Outreach •Increased Treatment Capacity:additional treatment workers Lot 1: The service provides psychosocial and pharmacological support interventions for adults resident in the borough who require support for drug or alcohol use. At contract conclusion the service will still offer the same range of psychosocial and pharmacological interventions for the same client group population, however the additional resource will allow for added scale in terms of the numbers of clients who can be assessed and treated at the service. It will also allow for more capacity to assertively reach out and work with individuals in need of support who are not currently accessing services and thereby increase treatment penetration levels. Resources will also allow for more quality provision by way of additional treatment staff to support smaller caseload numbers and additional staff supervision provision.