Official UK procurement notice
Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service
Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe vision for the new children and young people's drug and alcohol service is to have an integrated service model with wider children and young people services. It will provide a range of young person-centred, sensitive, and trauma-informed services to CYP who may be at risk of substance misuse or currently experiencing substance related harm.
The service will be structured to support Children and Young People with three tiers of provision: Universal, Targeted and Specialist.
The Service will deliver a Public Health approach to address poor health outcomes of substance misuse and promotes health transitions into adulthood.
CPV: Health services · Miscellaneous health services · Rehabilitation services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 Mar 2025, 12:18 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2025, 10:41 BST
- Authority reference
P0547_2024- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013569- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f748Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 3rd April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 3rd April 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Representations should be sent etendering@birmingham.gov.uk Details of the award decision-makers: Director of Public Health in conjunction with Director of Commercial & Procurement (or their delegate) Executive Director of Finance and Section 151 Officer (or their delegate) and the Director of Legal & Monitoring Officer (or their delegate) There is no conflict of interest identified. The relative importance key criteria used to make a decision was 80% Quality (Key Criteria excluding SV), 20% Social Value (SV). Aquarius Action Projects ranked first with reference to assessment of the basic and key criteria set out in Regulation 10 of the 'Most Suitable Provider Process'.
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextVI.3 | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers mu… | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the most suitable provider process. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquarius Action Projects | £7,483,546 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010643-2025-1 · Aquarius Action Projects
- Signed
- 21 Mar 2025
- Value
- £7,483,546
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Aquarius Action ProjectsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.