Official UK procurement notice
Adults Community Drug & Alcohol Service
Authority: London Borough of Lewisham (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLondon Borough of Lewisham invites suppliers to submit a tender for the Adults Community Drug & Alcohol Service.
The overall purpose of the Service is to support individuals experiencing drug and/or alcohol‑related harm and to increase the number of people who enter, remain engaged in, and successfully complete effective treatment.
The Service will place a particular emphasis on quality and meeting the needs of individuals with drug and alcohol needs, delivering a broad range of evidence‑based interventions tailored to risk, need and clear recovery goals.
The Service will be outcomes‑focused and recovery‑oriented, supporting individuals to achieve their full potential. The Provider will be expected to proactively engage under‑represented and marginalised groups within the borough and to respond to identified need.
The Service will operate as a core component of the Lewisham Partnership System, working collaboratively with statutory, voluntary and community sector partners to ensure a consistent, recovery‑oriented approach is embedded across the borough.
This procurement will be undertaken using the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Competitive Process, in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This will be a single stage competitive process.
CPV: Rehabilitation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£41,310,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 60%
- Financial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Tenders will comprise of an evaluation of the following: Method Statements , Social Value Action Plan and Pricing Schedule. The method statements will be evaluated independently by each member of the evaluation panel once the tender is closed. The evaluation panel will meet to moderate and agree overall scores for each method statement question. Scoring of the 'Quality' part of the tender bids received will be on the following basis: Quality, Safety and Mobilisation of Service - 7% Service Delivery, Efficiency and Value for Money - 7% Integration, Partnership Working and System Collaboration - 7% Recovery Oriented Systems of Care - 7% Safeguarding and Protection - 7% Equalities, Diversity and Access - 5% Social Value - Statement of Deliverability - 5% Social Value Action Plan - 5% In person presentation covering Sustainability, Workforce and Continuous Improvement - 10%
- Financial
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 May 2026, 15:58 BST
- Last source update
- 7 May 2026, 15:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-042096- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0693bfFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Offers must be made via electronic means through the London Tenders Portal: www.londontenders.org ↗
Timeline
7 May 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published173 days ago7 May 2026, 15:58 BST
- Clarification questions by151 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline138 days ago12 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 2 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 154 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published7 May 2026, 15:58 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender