Official UK procurement notice
County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service
Authority: Durham County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCounty Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service. The Service aims to enable individuals to become 'free from their dependence' and reduce the harm caused by substance misuse to families, communities, and society as a whole. The Service is underpinned by an emphasis on the local 'think family' approach, helping to support individuals through their recovery process, reducing vulnerabilities, safeguarding and risk within the wider context of their family unit, as appropriate.
CPV: Community health services · Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Oct 2024, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Apr 2026, 14:15 BST
- Authority reference
DN742666- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-032442- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04abe4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 5pm on Thursday the 24th October 2024 to [email protected]. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR
Publisher note: This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) contract modification notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and the Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. The contract has now been formally modified. No Conflicts of Interest were declared by the decision maker, the Director of Public Health.
Notice history
1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated6 Jun 2025, 11:39 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
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| — | TextV.1.3 | — | This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C.' The date of contract aw… |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2024-10: 2 releases · 14 Oct 2024, 29 Oct 2024
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humankind Charity | £20,607,551 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Humankind Charity | £22,182,116 † | — | Awarded |
| Humankind CharityCounty Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (CDDARS) | £20,012,171 † | — | Awarded |
| Humankind Charity | £20,703,892 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 030517-2025-DN742666-1 · Humankind Charity
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £20,607,551
- Status
- active
- Change 1. The impact of the 2024/25 NHS pay award on the CDDARS was £42,797.80. The total contract value will therefore be uplifted by £192,590.10 to cover the recurrent cost from 2024/25 to contract expiry in September 2028. 2. Following confirmation on 21 March 2025 from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities of confirmed allocations for 2025/26 for the Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant (DATRIG) and the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) Grant, the contract value will be uplifted to incorporate the following additional funding from April 2025 to March 2026: a. £60,000 from the In-Patient Detoxification (IPD) element of the DATRIG . b. £216,074 from the IPS Grant. c. £276,716 from the Rough Sleepers Drug and Alcohol Treatment component of the DATRIG . 3. Posts within the Women's Recovery Academy Durham have been incorporated within the DATRIG plan for 2025/26 and will therefore be funded via the Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Services contract that Durham County Council has in place with Waythrough. The CDDARS contract value will therefore reduce by £150,000 for April 2025 to March 2026. 4. Incorrect end date entered on original notice, should have stated 2028 and not 2025., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: This modification is permitted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 as it is in response to external factors beyond the control of the council and the provider i.e. the national NHS pay award, plus the contract stipulates that "Posts/interventions from the following grants are incorporated within this contract until 31 March 2025 and may be extended depending upon confirmation of future funding" and "The annual value for the CDDARS may be increased if additional external and/or grant funding is secured by the Commissioner during the contract term for interventions that are consistent with the aim and objectives of the service."
Contract 032442-2026-DN742666-1 · Humankind Charity
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £22,182,116
- Status
- active
- Change 1. Following confirmation from the Department of Health and Social Care in December 2025 of the inclusion within the Public Health Grant of ringfenced funding for drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery from 2026/27 to 2028/29 that was previously provided to DCC in separate grants, the following components of the CDDARS contract are to be extended from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2028: a. In-Patient Detoxification (IPD): an IPD Coordinator who operates on behalf of the South of Tyne 'LA4' Consortium, which includes the local authorities of Gateshead, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. b. Individual Placement and Support (IPS): an IPS team of 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) Senior Employment Specialist and 4.0 WTE Employment Specialists. c. Rough Sleepers Drug and Alcohol Treatment (RSDAT): a team that comprises 1.0 WTE Mental Health Nurse, 1.0 WTE Domestic Abuse Worker, 1.0 WTE Workforce Development Worker, and 3.0 WTE Recovery Outreach Workers. 2. The net impact on the contract value of the above modifications is therefore an increase of £1,048,274. Original Contract Price Awarded £20,012,171. Previously agreed modifications to the contract increased the Contract Price by £1,121,671. Increase the agreed Contract Price by a further £1,048,274 in respect of this modification., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is permitted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 as the original contract, which commenced in August 2024, stipulated in relation to the IPD, IPS and RSDAT grants that "Posts/interventions from the following grants are incorporated within this contract until 31 March 2025 and may be extended depending upon confirmation of future funding" and "The annual value for the CDDARS may be increased if additional external and/or grant funding is secured by the Commissioner during the contract term for interventions that are consistent with the aim and objectives of the service."
Contract 067224-2025-DN742666-1 · Humankind Charity
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £20,703,892
- Status
- active
- Change The impact of the 2025/26 NHS pay award on the CDDARS was £27,526 per annum. The total contract value will therefore be uplifted by £96,341 to cover the recurrent cost from April 2025 to contract expiry in September 2028., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: This modification is permitted under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 as it is in response to external factors beyond the control of the council and the provider i.e. the national NHS pay award.
County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service (CDDARS) · Humankind Charity
- Signed
- 14 Oct 2024
- Value
- £20,012,171
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Durham Drug and Alcohol Recovery Service | 1bids | — | — | — |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1 – £20,012,171 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- NHS England (PSR Review Panel)Review body
- NHS Health England (PSR Review Panel)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- WaythroughAwarded supplier
- WaythroughAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.