North Northamptonshire Council - Framework for the Provision of Drug and Alcohol Services for North Northamptonshire

North Northamptonshire CouncilcontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-04e902Procurement Act 2023Light-touch servicesSME suitableVCSE suitableactive
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Estimated value

Awarded value

£46.6m

Awarded 17 Sept 2025

Suppliers

2

1 SME

Lots

2

2 awarded

Published

18 Sept 2025

Description

North Northamptonshire Council conducted a procurement exercise (UK4 Tender Notice: 2025/S 000-037570) to commission a range of drug and alcohol services to support individuals across North Northamptonshire. The framework is central to supporting delivery of the Government's national drug strategy and the Council's public health duties and is designed to deliver interventions across prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction, ensuring compliance with national drug strategy objectives and local public health priorities. • Lot 1 - Community Drug & Alcohol Services: providing treatment, recovery, and harm reduction services for adults with drug and/or alcohol dependencies. • Lot 2 - Young People's Drug & Alcohol Services: delivering prevention, early intervention, and targeted support for children and young people under 25. The Council proposes to enter into one (1) Contract for an initial period of 60 months with the preferred Potential Supplier for Lot 1: Specialist Alcohol & Drug Services (Adults) and Lot 2: Young People's (11-25) Drug & Alcohol Support, Intervention & Wellbeing Service with an option to extend for 24+24 months, making 108 months in total. The contract for this project will be awarded via the Open Process, subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.

Scope

Reference
NNC00000678
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2031
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2035

The Council proposes to enter into one (1) Contract for an initial period of 60 months with the preferred Potential Supplier, with an option to extend for 24+24 months, making 108 months in total.

CPV classifications
85000000
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Qualityquality80.00%
Priceprice10.00%
Presentationquality10.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details· 2 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£42.6m

Award date

17 Sept 2025

Contract start

31 Mar 2026

Contract end

31 Mar 2031

Awarded to
CG
AA
SME

Lots · 2 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1Lot 1: Specialist Alcohol and Drug Services (Adults).£42.6mcomplete
2Lot 2: Young People's (11-25) Drug and Alcohol Support, Intervention and Wellbeing Service.£4.0mcomplete