Official UK procurement notice
Drug and Alcohol Integrated Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service - Adults
Authority: Bolton Council (Local council)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD3)
Published estimate£12,992,212≈ £3.2m / year · £12,992,212 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 7 Jul 2025awarded 23 Sept 2025
Award (standstill) to Humankind Charity
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2033 with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis was procured as a Provider Selection Regime - Competitive Process. (The initial pipeline was for a PA23 process.)
The Contract is for a Drug and Alcohol Integrated Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Service for Adults Services.
The Contract period will be for four (4) years with the option to extend for up to an additional three (3) years.
It is intended for the contract to commence 1 April 2026
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£12,992,212
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Value: 35%
- Quality and Innovation: 15%
- Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: 15%
- Social Value: 20%
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: 15%
Published award criteria (5)
- Value: PSR Key Criteria - Value
- Quality and Innovation: PSR Key Criteria - Quality and Innovation
- Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability: PSR Key Criteria - Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability
- Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice: PSR Key Criteria - Improving Access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice
- Social Value: PSR Key Criteria - Social Value
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 May 2025, 10:23 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
TC229- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030853- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051826Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
20 May 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published20 May 2025, 10:23 BST
- Next notice expected6 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 11:01 BST
- Clarification questions by30 Jun 2025, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline7 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent395 days ago23 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published394 days ago23 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
- Standstill ends385 days ago2 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Award decision expected by374 days ago13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts205 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
9 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 May 2025- Pipeline notice published20 May 2025, 10:23 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published5 Jun 2025, 12:45 BSTUK1
- Tender notice published9 Jun 2025, 11:01 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £12,992,2129 Jun 2025, 11:01 BSTwas £22,736,371
- Status changed to active9 Jun 2025, 11:01 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Jul 2025, 16:00 BST9 Jun 2025, 11:01 BST
- Contract award notice published23 Sept 2025, 10:17 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete23 Sept 2025, 10:17 BST
- Contract signature expected3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Published amendments (1)
No changes
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 20 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £12,992,2121 award exc. VAT
Bids received 62 from SMEs
Named bidders 6published on the award notice
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humankind CharityVCSETC229 - Drug and Alcohol Integrated Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Service - Adults1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2033Extensions: This extension allows the Service to review the Providers performance, and opt to extend for a further three years, but only if the Provider is satisfying the contractual requirements. | £12,992,212 | 23 Sept 2025standstill to 2 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 2 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonWAYTHROUGH · North East England
- did not winCHANGE, GROW, LIVE SERVICES LIMITED · South East England
- did not winELECT-12 CARE SERVICES LTD · North West England
- did not winGREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · North West England
- did not winR'EAGLE MINDS LIMITEDSME · South East England
- did not winTURNING POINT (SERVICES) LIMITEDVCSE · Greater London
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
6 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- CHANGE, GROW, LIVE SERVICES LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- ELECT-12 CARE SERVICES LTDBidder / tenderer
- GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTBidder / tenderer
- R'EAGLE MINDS LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- TURNING POINT (SERVICES) LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- WAYTHROUGHAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender