Tender

The Community Drug Programme

  • Liverpool City Council

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-032271

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-038451

Published 14 November 2022, 5:16pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Liverpool City Council

4th Floor, Cunard Building

Liverpool

L3 1DS

Contact

Ms Jayne Whitehead

Email

jayne.whitehead@liverpool.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1512333000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.liverpool.gov.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.the-chest.org.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.the-chest.org.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

The Community Drug Programme

Reference number

DN635438

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Liverpool City Council is seeking to re-procure its Community Drugs service. This contract will exist as part of a rich network of support organisations and as such will be delivered at different levels (specialist, targeted and universal) with interventions and care ‘phased’ and ‘layered’ in accordance with the individual treatment and recovery plan to meet individual need and maximize positive outcomes.

The Provider will be directly responsible for the effective delivery of the following specific elements:

• Pharmacological / substitute prescribing (non-complex) • Psychosocial Interventions & Counselling • Prevention & Harm reduction interventions • Recovery support interventions

• Criminal Justice Interventions – Alcohol Treatment Requirement (ATR)

• Assessment and preparation for Inpatient detoxification and stabilisation and residential rehabilitation. • Employment, Training & Education • Outreach and Community Engagement

• Programme delivery – ADDER • Programme delivery - IPS • Young People’s Drug & Alcohol Service (*) The provider will also be expected to support the delivery of both the ISP and the ADDER programmes locally.

The Provider will ensure effective integration with those services which are not included in the current re-procurement process and also with the wider health and wellbeing agenda. In addition to providing specialist substance misuse treatment, the Provider will also ensure that each individual is supported to draw upon, develop and enhance his or her ‘recovery capital’, in line with the previous National Drug Strategies, building their resources to start and sustain recovery from drug and alcohol dependence, including through:

• Social capital; the resource a person has from their relationships (e.g., family, partners, children, friends, and peers). This includes both support received, and commitment and obligations resulting from relationships.

• Physical capital; Such as money and a safe place to live (e.g. financial assets, stable accommodation).

• Human capital; Skills, mental and physical health, and a job / employment, education

• Cultural capital; Values, beliefs and attitudes held by the individual.

As this service will commence during significant change and transition within the local and national public sector, elements of this service specification maybe subject to change. Liverpool City Council (LCC) will work closely with the Provider during the lifetime of the contract to ensure the specification remains relevant to both those who use the service and the partnership it links into.

The provider must recognise the need to be responsive to changing needs and emerging trends within Liverpool – this may include emerging need, new technologies, changing population profile, and/or changing behaviours. The service is required to be provided across the city in a range of settings by a multi–disciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals. This will be a 1 + 1 year contract.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is an open above threshold tender, seeking to commission a sole supplier to deliver the Community Drug Service cross Liverpool, the contract term is 1year + 1year

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £12,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

12

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

A further 12 month extension is available at the discretion of the Council

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.1) Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

Contract performance measures and KPIs are listed in the service specification in the tender documentation


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

15 December 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

15 December 2022

Local time

12:15pm


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Liverpool City Council

Liverpool

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Liverpool

Liverpool

Country

United Kingdom