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Published 11 Sept 2026, 15:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Substance Use Service for Children and Young people

Official notice

Authority: Oxfordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesCompetitive procedure with negotiation
Published estimate£4,200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Oct 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The service will address the key priorities in the Children and Young People's action plan under the Oxfordshire Combatting Drugs Partnership.

The service will adopt a flexible and innovative approach to delivery and funding opportunities, using expert workforce and evidence-based ideas to develop the service and increase the numbers of children and young people who benefit from the service.

CPV: Health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This service seeks to enable children and young people to stop, or significantly…RenewalPublished value£4,200,000

This service seeks to enable children and young people to stop, or significantly reduce, their use of drugs or alcohol by providing structured specialist support. It aims to reach all the children and young people who need support from this service in Oxfordshire.

Delivery: South East
Extensions: There is the option to extend up to 4 years in aggregate.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Service Questions: 90%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Service Questions: 90
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: Pass/Fail

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Sept 2026, 15:31 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
Authority reference
I-2262
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-086564
Classification (CPV)
Health services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f867 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The procurement is being conducted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The selection process being used is the Competitive Process.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Sept 2026 → 12 Oct 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published47 days ago
    11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
  2. Submission deadline19 days ago
    9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected16 days ago
    12 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1)

The tender documents are published on Proactis: https://procontract.due-north.com/RfxResponse/Index?rfxId=7f3de91d-d7ad-f111-813c-005056b64545

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Oxfordshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, New Road, Oxford, South East, OX1 1NDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.