Official UK procurement notice
Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Contract
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionReading Borough Council are completing a ITT exercise for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery - Reading Borough Council’s Public Health Team requires a provider to deliver a drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service. The service must reduce harm, improve health outcomes, and support recovery through evidence based, person centred interventions. It should address not only drug and/or alcohol use but also wider social and environmental factors, using integrated approaches such as family safeguarding.
Suppliers that would like to take part in this process are invited to "Express Interest" upon which they will be given access to the full documentation delivered through this portal. Documents can be accessed from the "My Tenders" area of this website by selecting the "View Details" button for the project.
Expressions of interest will only be accepted until 05/08/2026.
Any questions relating to this opportunity should be made via the correspondence link on this portal.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£27,330,984
What it takes to wini
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 29 Jun 2026, 10:27 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2026, 10:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
25-S-003- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-060627- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 5 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
29 Jun 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published121 days ago29 Jun 2026, 10:27 BST
- Submission deadline84 days ago5 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by20 days ago8 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 153 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published29 Jun 2026, 10:27 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Please use the link to register on our In-Tend system. you will then be able to 'Express Interest' and download the documents
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender