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Market Engagement Event – All-age drugs and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery service

Buyer: Medway Council →

BuyerMedway Council
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£26,011,695
Published14 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Medway Council seeks a lead provider to deliver an all age substance misuse service offering prevention, treatment and recovery support. The service must embed harm reduction, person centered practice, and align with national strategy. Key features include: •Single all age contract with specialist interventions. •Strong harm reduction and assertive outreach approach. •Family, community and lived experience led design. •Clear transition pathways between children’s and adult services. •Separate, age appropriate delivery for children and young people. •Partnerships with criminal justice services. •Employment support through IPS. •Robust performance management across qualitative and quantitative outcomes To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1005603169

Delivery location

UKJ41, GB

Categories

Health and social work services 85000000Health services 85100000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2032

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Health and social work services, Health servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 85. The category anchor is Health and social work services (85000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 8518,4951 median · 30.5 average (8,768 of 18,495 with a bid count)2 average (9,740 of 18,495 with named award suppliers)10 comparable price pairs
Same buyer21Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKJ41234.5 median · 7.8 average (4 of 23 with a bid count)5.5 average (4 of 23 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4024 median · 406.5 average (11 of 402 with a bid count)7.9 average (11 of 402 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Indicative price outcome

£16,923,196 is the median lowest-valid-bid benchmark for the broad CPV market sample, against this procedure’s published value of £26,011,695.

This is a historical comparator, not a bid-price forecast or a guaranteed saving. It excludes records where the published values cannot be sensibly compared and does not adjust for lot structure, quality weighting, framework terms or scope.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Medway Council Public Health is preparing to commission an all age Substance Misuse Treatment, Prevention and Recovery Service and is seeking to engage with the market ahead of the formal procurement process. We invite prospective providers to attend an online Market Engagement Event: •Date: Friday, 27 February 2026 •Time: 10:00am – 11:30am •Location: Microsoft Teams - - Please copy and paste the following into your internet address bar, URL bar to join the meeting - https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzI3MmM3OGUtNDE1My00MTM4LWFmYjEtMWExMzBhMTBjZjI2%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2268503e93-3ce7-4a22-bfc5-ffee421a1f57%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22ef168b46-1017-486b-a0eb-e74ccf8cb07f%22%7d Purpose of the event: •Share an overview of the service model being commissioned. •Outline the anticipated procurement process and indicative timelines. •Provide an opportunity for prospective providers to ask questions. Who should attend: Organisations with experience in delivering substance misuse treatment and recovery services, including those interested in partnership or consortium approaches. How to attend: Please confirm your attendance via the following Forms link Medway All-age drugs and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery service recommissioning – Fill in form -To access please copy and paste the following into your internet address bar, URL bar - https://forms.office.com/e/wNrEwmth1z Please log into the meeting via the Teams link provided Important note: This event is for information and engagement purposes only. This event is subject to governance approval processes. Attendance does not confer any advantage in the subsequent procurement process.engagement27 Feb 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-065471
Latest release ID013662-2026
Latest release timestampSat Feb 14 2026 21:05:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£26,011,695
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
14 Feb 2026planning013662-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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