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Published 11 Sept 2026, 15:21 BST
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Provision of a Recovery Service (Alcohol and Drugs)

Inverclyde Council
Local Council
services
Open procedure
GPA Covered: {"GPA"}
Miscellaneous health services
Rehabilitation services
Social work and related services
Scotland (UKM83)
Published value
£1,200,000
≈ £399,635 / year
Submission deadline
14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
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Lots published
2
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Electronic Sourcing Gateway:
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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Inverclyde Council: "Provision of a Recovery Service (Alcohol and Drugs)". Published status: active. Published value: £1,200,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

Official Requirement Description:

The Recovery Service (Alcohol and Drugs) operates within a complex national and local policy environment that recognises alcohol and drug-related harm as a significant public health challenge. The commissioned services will contribute directly to the delivery of the Inverclyde Alcohol and Drug Partnership Strategy 2024-2029, which sets out a vision that individuals, families and communities can live healthy lives free from alcohol and drug harms through choice, dignity and recovery.

Lots and requirements (2)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Recovery Hub, Outreach Hubs and Assertive In/Outreach Service
    active
    Renewal
    Published valueNot published
    Recovery Hub, Recovery Outreach Hubs and In-Reach and Outreach Services, focused on recovery community development, engagement, harm reduction, social inclusion and peer-led support.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    Please note the contract is subject to one 12 month extension subject to budget availability and satisfactory service delivery
    Variants:
    Not allowed
  • Lot 2 · #2
    Early Intervention, Supporting Recovery and Relapse Prevention Service
    active
    Renewal
    Published valueNot published
    Early Intervention, Supporting Recovery and Relapse Prevention Service, focused on structured psychosocial interventions, recovery planning, relapse prevention, rehabilitation support and family reunification activity.
    Contract period:
    1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    Please note the contract is subject to one 12 month extension periods subject to budget availability and satisfactory service delivery.
    Variants:
    Not allowed

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Service Delivery Model: 15
Partnership Working and Engagement: 10
Trauma Informed Practice: 10
Staffing, Management & Expertise: 10
Outcomes & Reporting: 5
Fair Work First: 5
Social Value Outcomes Menu: 3
Social Value Supporting Methodology: 2
price: 40
Service Delivery Model: 15
Integrated Recovery Support and Partnership Working: 10
Trauma Informed Practice: 10
Staffing, Management & Expertise: 10
Outcomes & Reporting: 5
Fair Work First: 5
Social Value Outcomes Menu: 3
Social Value Supporting Methodology: 2
price: 40
Published as relative weighting ratio, not percentage points.
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Aberlour Child Care TrustHolds 65.6% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£799,270 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
  • Procedure-Level Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    Economic standing
    Technical capability
  • Contract Duration & Term OptionsExpected duration: 3 yrs (with extension options)
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Inverclyde Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Inverclyde Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    2Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 0% · Mean: 3 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High ConcentrationModerate
    Aberlour Child Care TrustTop vendor: 65.6% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £2,195,628Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 3 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £387,297Moderate (n=3)
    Middle 50% of awards: £377,814 – £913,649 · 93% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (3 active published awards)
    Coverage: 3 active published awards; 3 bid reports (which may be per lot); 3 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Aberlour Child Care Trust1 win£1,440,000No published budget
    VoiceAbility Advocacy1 win£387,297No published budget
    ICDT/the Trust1 win£368,331No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 16:53 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 471 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,213 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 640 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    Stable notice
    Published terms remained unchanged
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£12,096,084,526At ceiling / not disclosed
    Eville and Jones (GB) LimitedCRN: PHXH-2391-YMLX
    		59 contracts£9,613,913,059At ceiling / not disclosed
    West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGR
    		13 contracts£5,537,708,775At ceiling / not disclosed
    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
    		11 contracts£3,595,302,069At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust
    		16 contracts£3,453,013,003At ceiling / not disclosed
    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RRV
    		16 contracts£2,933,363,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343
    		39 contracts£2,893,246,280At ceiling / not disclosed
    Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ128
    		6 contracts£2,711,962,948At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustCRN: RBN
    		17 contracts£2,505,604,267At ceiling / not disclosed
    Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustCRN: Y61
    		15 contracts£2,375,960,101At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Adult Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery ServicesLondon Borough of Haringey · 30 Jul 2026, 19:09 BST
    		£8,891,572
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Market Engagement Day for Provision of an Integrated Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Service for adults and young people in Slough.Slough Borough Council · 28 Sept 2021, 16:35 BST
    		£6,450,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    HAC5983 Culturally Sensitive Substance Misuse Recovery ServiceLondon Borough of Tower Hamlets · 12 Jun 2025, 09:34 BST
    		£2,000,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    W5039 Contract for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation ServicesWalsall Council · 22 Jan 2026, 09:58 GMT
    		£1,200,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Barking and Dagenham Young People & Adult Substance Misuse ServiceLondon Borough of Barking and Dagenham · 16 Mar 2023, 14:58 GMT
    		£5,600,000
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodOpen procedureLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO covered{"GPA"}
    Recurring procurementYes · Anticipated re-tenderFirst published11 Sept 2026, 15:21 BSTLast source update11 Sept 2026, 15:21 BST
    Award evaluation window14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST — Decision dateBid opening date14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BSTContract terms summary
    Classification (CPV)Miscellaneous health services, Rehabilitation services, Social work and related services
    Delivery area
    Scotland (UKM83)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f860

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via Public Contracts Scotland
    Authorized E-Sourcing Portal
    Supplier login required
    Electronic submission
    Language: EN
    Open official portal workspace ↗
    Access & Registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    		Clarification deadlineNone published in notice
    Submission channel{"electronicSubmission"}Electronic submissionOnline portalAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:21 BST
    2. Submission deadline
      14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    3. Bid opening (electronic)
      14 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:21 BST

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    1 participating organisation

    Inverclyde Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PLMW-7749-VHNR
    View buyer profile →
    Other participating organisations & roles (1)

    • Greenock Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
      reviewBody

      Sheriff Court House, 1 Nelson Street, Greenock, PA15 1TR

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published