i-access sub-contract for the delivery of substance misuse community based harm reduction and outreach, alcohol brief advice and information and non-opiate drug pathway

This procurement is for subcontracted aspects of i-access. The service provider will work in collaboration with SABP and Public Health. The service provider’s staff will work with SABP staff to deliver the i-access service. They will be based in the SABP i-access bases and in Surrey County council bases for the Child and Family safeguarding pilot.

The i-access bases are:

• Farnham Road Hospital, Guildford
• Abraham Cowley Unit, St Peters Hospital site, Chertsey
• Wingfield Centre, Redhill.

The Child and Family Safeguarding Service bases are:

• Guilford Council – St Francis House
• Woking Council – Quadrant Court
• Walton Council – Ashley Park House
• Redhill Council – Consort House.

SABP and Public Health did not require any Service Provider to try and reduce the financial envelope. The financial envelopes are as stated below:

• Main Sub-contract - £456,988 per annum (for 3 Years with the option to extend for 2 periods of 12 months each)
• Family Safeguarding -£378,000 per annum (maximum funding envelope) for one (1) year on a pay as you go basis based on actual posts/staff recruited in-month and up to 10.00% overhead. Service Providers were advised that bids under the financial envelope stated above, would not gain an advantage on evaluation. Any underspend funding will be re-invested back into the SCC and SABP Cooperative. We understand that when delivering a service there can be unexpected costs. Mitigation for those costs

are discussed and agreed in the programme board, on which the successful Service Provider will sit. The

financial approach to this contract is one of openness, transparency and collaboration.