Find a TenderOpen for tender
Published 24 Sept 2026, 15:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

COV - Young People's Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Treatment and Support Service 2027

Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£6,978,000exc. VAT
Submission deadline 22 Oct 202612:00 BST · 26d 19h left
Bids per lot · this authority 3division 85 · n=29 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Drug and alcohol treatment is a core element of Public Health provision in England. Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to commission substance use services for young people, and to safeguard children who may be affected by their own substance use or by parental substance use. Coventry City Council is procuring for a provider who can deliver our requirements.

CPV: Miscellaneous health services · Outpatient care services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Drug and alcohol treatment is a core element of Public Health provision in EnglandPublished value£6,978,000
Drug and alcohol treatment is a core element of Public Health provision in England. Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to commission substance use services for young people, and to safeguard children who may be affected by their own substance use or by parental substance use. Coventry City Council is procuring for a provider who can deliver our requirements.
Delivery: West MidlandsTurnover guideline: ~£13,956,000/yr≈ 2× annual value
Variant bids
not allowed
85140000 Miscellaneous health services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Coventry City Council buys Hospital and related services (CPV 8511) — and who usually turns up

Coventry City Council’s own published record, next to the West Midlands market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Hospital and related services (CPV 8511) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Coventry City Council

contract notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 8511 (1 without competition) · 34 in division 85 (2 without competition · 7 route not published) · 130 in all categories (41 without competition · 19 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 29 lots. 20 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 4) and 9 from older notices (bids received, middle 3).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3division 85 · 36m · n=29 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 29 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

10%division 85 · 36m · n=29 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 22 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

at estimatedivision 85 · 36m · n=22 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 8 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

30ddivision 85 · 36m · n=8 notices
Notice updates
i

How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 264 notices.

Last 24 months.

0all categories · 24m · n=264 notices
Awarded without competition
i

How often this buyer awards without a competition.

Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.

Based on this buyer’s tenders in this industry (CPV 85), last 36 months: 27 notices.

Last 36 months.

7%division 85 · 36m · n=27 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=29
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 29 lots on 17 contested notices · division 85, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 10%
  • 2–3 45%
  • 4–6 7%
  • 7+ 38%

Median 3 · 29 lots on 17 contested notices · division 85.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=22
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 22 lot pairs · division 85, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 14%
  • Within ±2% 68%
  • Above estimate 18%

22 lot pairs · division 85.

The market · delivery region

West Midlands · Hospital and related services (CPV 8511)

contract notices delivered in West Midlands in 36 months: 130 in CPV 8511 (24 competed, 26 route not published) · 4,376 in division 85 (3,192 competed, 275 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 16 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 9 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

3CPV 8511 · 36m · n=16 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 16 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

19%CPV 8511 · 36m · n=16 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 7 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

4% aboveCPV 8511 · 36m · n=7 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 5 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

91dCPV 8511 · 36m · n=5 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 14 lots.

Last 36 months.

48%CPV 8511 · 36m · n=14 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 8511), last 36 months: 87 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

78%CPV 8511 · 36m · n=87 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=16
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 16 lots on 10 contested notices · CPV 8511, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 19%
  • 2–3 50%
  • 4–6 31%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 3 · 16 lots on 10 contested notices · CPV 8511.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=7
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 7 lot pairs · CPV 8511, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 43%
  • Above estimate 57%

7 lot pairs · CPV 8511.

robust · n=22
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on this buyer’s own usual movement over 22 lots (division 85), applied to the £6,978,000 estimate on this notice.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

Awards in Coventry City Council (division 85, n=22 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £6,978,000 that is about £6,978,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Sept 2026, 15:03 BST
Last source update
24 Sept 2026, 15:03 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Oct 2026, 12:01 BST — …
Authority reference
COV25457
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous health servicesOutpatient care services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779b7

How to participate & submission route

Submit via portal
Submission portal named on this notice: portal not identified
Language: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
—
Tender submission deadline
22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Oct 2026, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice published1 day ago
    24 Sept 2026, 15:03 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 27 days
    22 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids openedin 27 days
    22 Oct 2026, 12:01 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV15RR +44 2476978587 Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice; the tender pack is on the portal.