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Published 6 Mar 2025, 14:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC: GPH: National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS)

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£5,551,399≈ £1.4m / year · £5,551,399 inc. VAT1.2% below final estimate

Submissions closed 27 May 2025awarded 5 Jun 2025

Awarded to UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER2 awards

Contract term 4 yrsends 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) provides a key mechanism for monitoring the successful delivery of drug and alcohol treatment services. Given the strong link between substance misuse and poor health and criminal activity, this data contributes to delivery of the Health and Safer Streets missions as it enables the monitoring of drug treatment capacity, improvements in the quality of provision and underpins wider performance monitoring by providing timely and accessible data.

This contract requires the supplier to produce analysis and statistical information to support local commissioning of drug and alcohol treatment using data from NDTMS. This includes independent production of national and official statistics publications and supporting data, independent verification of responses to FOI and PQ requests, and research publications requiring academic expertise. The supplier is also required to produce and support the web presence of public access national statistics from data collected through the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, and provide professional reporting of management information via restricted, secure access routes.

The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Apr 2033, 23:59 BST.
How the procedure runs: Competitive Process Bid Stage Dialogue Stage Final Bids

CPV: Data analysis services · Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 4 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£5,551,399

Contract period: 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 (4 yrs) · up to 30 Sept 2031 with extensionsValue: £5,551,399 exc. VAT · £5,551,399 inc. VAT

Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

Extensions: Initial Period: 4 Years Option to extend for a further 2 years Option to extend for a final 2 years. · This contract will be for an initial 4-year award, with annual reviews, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, and a final 2 years, to ensure that this key contract can continue for a sustained period required to achieve demonstrable progress in building a world class drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system.

72316000 Data analysis services 73110000 Research services

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: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%

Published award criteria (3)

Quality
Price
Social Value

What this means for your bid

Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · next expected 1 Apr 2033
First published: 6 Mar 2025, 14:50 GMT
Last source update: 13 Oct 2025, 12:42 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 4 Jul 2025
Authority reference: C393701
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-016228
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV): Data analysis servicesResearch services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04ea27 Find a Tender

How it runs: Competitive Process Bid Stage Dialogue Stage Final Bids

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis

Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Submission deadline: 27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline: 16 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Submissions will be conducted electronically through the Authority's e-procurement system Atamis: atamis-1928.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

6 Mar 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 10 dates

Planning notice published
6 Mar 2025, 14:50 GMT
Next notice expected
1 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
Tender notice published
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 BST
Clarification questions by
16 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent
11 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
Standstill ends
23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Award decision expected by
4 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Contract starts386 days ago
1 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Latest notice published373 days ago
13 Oct 2025, 12:42 BST

Notice history

11 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Mar 2025

Planned procurement notice published
6 Mar 2025, 14:50 GMT
UK3
Preliminary market engagement notice published
13 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
UK2
Tender notice published
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 BST
UK4
Status changed to active
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 BST
Deadline moved to 27 May 2025, 12:00 BST
22 Apr 2025, 13:31 BST
+22 days · was 5 May 2025, 12:00 BST
Tender notice published
23 Apr 2025, 09:10 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
12 Jun 2025, 11:29 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
12 Jun 2025, 11:29 BST
Procurement method changed
12 Jun 2025, 11:29 BST
Contract signature expected
30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
13 Oct 2025, 12:42 BST
UK7

Published amendments (1)

Award criteria modification.

Routine re-releases (6)

2025-04: 1 release · 22 Apr 2025
2025-03: 2 releases · 6 Mar 2025, 13 Mar 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £5,551,3991 award exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Named bidders 1published on the award notice

Contracts signed 1latest 2 Oct 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: This contract will be for an initial 4-year award with annual reviews, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, and a final 2 years, to ensure that this key contract can continue for a sustained period required to achieve progress. · Options: Initial Period: 4 Years Option to extend for a further 2 years Option to extend for a final 2 years.	£5,551,399	5 Jun 2025standstill to 23 Jun 2025	Standstill
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER	£5,486,394 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

DHSC: GPH: National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) · UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Signed
2 Oct 2025
Value
£5,486,394
Period
3 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2029 · up to 30 Sept 2033 with extensions
Status
active
Extensions
This contract will be for an initial 4-year award with annual reviews, with the option to extend for a further 2 years, and a final 2 years, to ensure that this key contract can continue for a sustained period required to achieve progress.
3 agreed KPIs: Provision of routine analysis of drug and alcohol treatment data · Provision of analysis to support the Authority’s response to Parliamentary Questions · Response to queries from data users
- Provision of routine analysis of drug and alcohol treatment data, Delivery of management reporting as set out in Requirement 1
- Provision of analysis to support the Authority’s response to Parliamentary Questions, Delivery of Parliamentary Question analysis
- Response to queries from data users, Response to data user queries

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1final-stage tenders	0	0	—

Who bid

wonUniversity of Manchester · North West England

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

Department of Health & Social Care

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PMQG-9965-CHZR 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

University of ManchesterAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMJG-4344-PVGY 10 Oxford Road, Manchester, North West, M13 9PLContact email

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender13 Oct 2025, 12:42 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender12 Jun 2025, 11:29 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender23 Apr 2025, 09:10 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender22 Apr 2025, 13:31 BST
Preliminary market engagement notice planningPreliminary market engagement noticeUK2Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender13 Mar 2025, 09:00 GMT
Planned procurement notice planningPlanned procurement noticeUK3Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender6 Mar 2025, 14:50 GMT