Official UK procurement notice
DHSC:OLS: AHG-Addition Research in Criminal Justice System
Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking early market engagement in preparation for procuring a contract to deliver a research and draft report on the barriers and opportunities for Addiction Treatment Research in the Criminal Justice System. This is not a call for competition, but an opportunity to gather feedback to better understand market capabilities, refine the procurement strategy, and encourage supplier engagement. Interested parties can access the relevant documents via the Atamis system at health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗ using the contract reference. Suppliers may also submit the completed questionnaire through Atamis but must be registered on the system to do so. Alternatively, questionnaires can be submitted by email to ccsinbox@dhsc.gov.uk, quoting “AHG: Conducting Addiction Research within the Criminal Justice System” no later than 23/06/2025 5pm.
CPV: Research and development consultancy services · Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- 4 Jun 2025, 12:47 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2025, 13:00 BST
- Authority reference
C365843- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029868- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052c5aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
4 Jun 2025 → 19 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Jun 2025, 12:47 BST
- Market engagement20 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
We are issuing to the market draft specifications and a questionnaire to gather their views on the requirements and procurement approach. Please use the Atamis link provided and search for the project number.
- Tender notice expected15 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts19 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Jun 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jun 2025, 12:47 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jun 2025, 12:58 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Jun 2025, 13:00 BSTUK2
Published amendments (2)
Title has been amended to reflect better the project objective.
Title has been amended to reflect clearly the project's objective
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender