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# Provision of mental health practitioner(s) to provide mental health support for adults accessing substance misuse services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-mental-health-practitioner-s-to-provide-mental-health-support-for-adults-acce-ocds-h6vhtk-06603d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Hartlepool Borough Council: "Provision of mental health practitioner(s) to provide mental health support for adults accessing substance misuse services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Hartlepool Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/hartlepool-borough-council-ons-e06000001)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £174,603 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06603d`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-mental-health-practitioner-s-to-provide-mental-health-support-for-adults-acce-ocds-h6vhtk-06603d#tl-md)

## Description
To provide support to individuals accessing START whose mental health needs are apparent and effecting their recovery. This will include secondary mental health support and prescribing of medication when required. 
. To deliver trauma-informed practice in the understanding that trauma exposure can impact an individual's recoveryTo work collaboratively with START and allocated Care Coordinators from the service to plan joint care and risk management plans this will include working at START venues across the town and services being delivered within START core hours.
. To draft reports to allow Substance use, Public Health and Commissioning within agreed budgets and timescales to further support the development of the recovery agenda.
· To develop care pathways and treatment which engage priority groups and populations who may experience barriers to engagement in treatment; including sex workers, clients with coexisting mental health and substance misuse, armed forces veterans, BME populations, and offenders. 
· To work alongside service users and their families to ensure collaboration and co-design of services.
· To deliver trauma informed approaches to treatment and collaborative working with wider support services to minimise the impact of adverse childhood experiences on future health and wellbeing.
· To adopt a whole family approach in order to improve outcomes for children affected by parental substance misuse and mental health needs (Dual Diagnosis) .
· To embed workforce culture, recovery support and aftercare that values, celebrates and supports recovery across physical, cultural, social and human dimensions of service users and their family's journey to recovery.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** TThe Authority intends to award a contract to an existing provider following Direct Award Process C under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR)
The service provides a dual diagnosis model in Hartlepool they have improved access for people accessing STA...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of mental health practitioner(s) to provide mental health support for adults accessing substance misuse services (active)
  - Award id: `018675-2026-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-NHS-RX3`
  - Value: £174,603 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of mental health practitioner(s) to provide mental health support for adults accessing substance misuse services (active)
  - Signed Value: £174,603
  - Signed Date: 02/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025616-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-03-20T10:34:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T23:23:03.410Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06603d