Cleaning Contract for the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (DARS) - Centre for Change

Public Health currently has a contract in place with for cleaning services for the drug and alcohol recovery centre that is located at the Centre for Change, Whinney Hill, Durham. The contract end date is 31 January 2022, which is aligned to that of the overall Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (DARS) contract with Humankind. A procurement exercise was due to be undertaken in 2021 for the DARS, with the intention being to incorporate the requirement for cleaning services for the recovery centres within the new service specification. However, as the DARS contract is likely to be eligible for the new NHS Provider Selection Regime that is due to come into effect from April 2022, an extension to the DARS contract of 18 months to 31 July 2023 was recommended and subsequently approved in June 2021 in order to maintain the current specialist cleaning provision. The request is therefore to extend the incumbent contract from 1 February 2022 to 31 July 2023 to align with the extension period for the DARS, after which point the responsibility for cleaning of recovery centres will be included within the service specification for the DARS. The award value detailed is based on the potential annual increase to the wage of the staff completing the work and therefore is an estimate.