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Published 9 May 2025, 15:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Integrated Alcohol and Drug Service

Official notice

Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdLight touch regime
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF24)
Published estimate£60,000,000≈ £12m / year · £60,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update20% above published estimate
Submissions closed 31 Jul 2025awarded 17 Sept 2025
Award (standstill) to Turning Point
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

West Northamptonshire Council has procured an integrated alcohol and drug service, which includes prevention and early intervention, treatment, recovery and builds community resilience. The new all-age service will be outcome based and recovery focused, delivering a shift towards prevention and early interventions. It will demonstrate innovation and implement evidence based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. There will be a sharp focus on reducing associated harms caused to children.

  • The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Jun 2035, 23:59 BST.
  • How the procedure runs: The tender will be an initial PSQ satisfaction followed by conditions of participation and award criteria evaluation.

CPV: Social work services without accommodation

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 5 yrsPublished value£60,000,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 (5 yrs) · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensionsValue: £60,000,000 exc. VAT · £60,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: East Midlands
Extensions: The Authority proposes to enter into one (1) contract for an initial period of 60 months with the preferred Potential Provider, with an option to extend for a further five individual periods of 12 months each making 120 months in total.
85312000 Social work services without accommodation

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Quality

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Light touch regime
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · next expected 1 Jun 2035
First published
9 May 2025, 15:48 BST
Last source update
17 Sept 2025, 10:02 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 19 Sept 2025
Authority reference
WNC00000555
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036250
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Social work services without accommodation
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050fff Find a Tender
How it runs

The tender will be an initial PSQ satisfaction followed by conditions of participation and award criteria evaluation.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
31 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

9 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    9 May 2025, 15:48 BST
  2. Market engagement
    6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST

    West Northamptonshire Council is seeking the views of Registered Providers (RPs) in alignment with this upcoming procurement exercise.

    Registered Providers are asked to respond to the following questions:

    1. Is working with tenants in drug and alcohol recovery part of your organisation's strategy? What's your existing offer and what resources do you have available to support tenants in recovery?
    2. What experience do you (RPs) have of working with drug and alcohol recovery support services (RSS) on housing support (either accommodation-based support or floating support) for adults in recovery?
    3. If you work with RSS on floating support in dispersed accommodation attached to people in recovery, what tenure models do you use? (type of tenure, length of term and approach to managing tenancy breaches?)
    4. Do you have experience of floating support offers where assured tenancies are associated with floating support from RSS, and if so how are challenges addressed in terms of aligning this offer with the wider housing register allocations?
    5. If the person remains in occupation in the longer term, how does the RP replace units available for new entrants to the scheme. If the tenant choses to leave, how does that unit go back into the pool used for this scheme?

    Responses are to be sent to procurement@westnorthants.gov.uk with the email title Integrated Alcohol and Drugs RP alignment and marked FAO Kayley Lakin.

    RP insight into this area will greatly assist in shaping our model going forward and WNC would like to thank providers in advance for assisting with this market engagement.

    Please be aware that any response to market engagement does not guarantee any Provider any work with WNC.

  3. Next notice expected
    23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
  5. Clarification questions by
    11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Submission deadline
    31 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent
    17 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 10:02 BST
  9. Award decision expected by
    19 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  10. Standstill ends396 days ago
    26 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
  11. Contract starts210 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 May 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    9 May 2025, 15:48 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    14 May 2025, 09:55 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    21 May 2025, 13:56 BST
    UK2
  4. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
    UK4
  5. Published value updated
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
  6. Status changed to active
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
  7. Procurement method changed
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
  8. Deadline published: 31 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
    30 Jun 2025, 17:05 BST
  9. Contract award notice published
    17 Sept 2025, 10:02 BST
    UK6
  10. Status changed to complete
    17 Sept 2025, 10:02 BST
  11. Contract signature expected
    1 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
Published amendments (1)

Estimated Contract dates amended

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-05: 2 releases · 9 May 2025, 14 May 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £60,000,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Named bidders 3published on the award notice
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Turning PointIntegrated Alcohol and Drug Service in West Northamptonshire1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2031 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: 12 month + 12 months + 12 months + 12 months + 12 months at the discretion of the Council.£60,000,00017 Sept 2025standstill to 26 Sept 2025Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders01—

Who bid

Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Northamptonshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGDV-8944-CMBP Angel Street, Northampton, East Midlands, NN1 1EDContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded
  • CHANGE, GROW, LIVEBidder / tendererGB-COH: 03861209 North Suite, First Floor, 1 Jubilee Street, Brighton, South East, BN1 1GE
  • TURNING POINTAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00793558GB-PPON: PCZP-6448-WCGM America House, London, London, EC3N 2LUContact email
  • WAYTHROUGHBidder / tendererGB-COH: 01820492 Inspiration House Unit 22, Bowburn North Industrial Estate, Durham, North East, DH6 5PF

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specificationstenderBidding documents and specificationsAccess: Appendix 2 - draft terms and conditions to follow initial publication via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wnc/aspx/Home
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specifications

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