East Lancashire Substance Use Treatment Service

Contracts

• East Lancashire Recovery Orientated Adult Substance Misuse Service · Change, Grow, Live

  Signed

  11 Jan 2016

  Value

  £49,500,000

  Status

  active

  • Change Lancashire County Council has received significant additional ring-fenced funding to implement the national drugs strategy, predicated on achievement of specific targets. The council's East Lancashire substance misuse treatment service contract is currently due to expire in March 2024 following an earlier modification. This contract is intended to be extended from its existing expiry date until September 30th, 2025, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Since the contract was originally concluded there has been a national policy shift which requires local authorities in England to increase access into drug and alcohol treatment services. This national policy shift has been underpinned by the introduction of additional grant funding, which was not made available when the contract was originally awarded. The funding is predicated on the achievement of specific targets, including increasing the number of people accessing treatment and staff capacity within service provider organisations. There is a strong national steer and indication from the provider market that entering into procurement activity before the current funding cycle has been concluded will lead to providers pausing the recruitment of extra staff capacity that is needed to achieve policy and funding requirements. The market factors and service implications, specifically in relation to the roll out of the national strategy to tackle drug and alcohol misuse, are considered to be factors which the county council could not have foreseen.