Official UK procurement notice
Specialist Family & Carer Support Service
Authority: Stockton on Tees Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is to support the family and carers of individuals with substance misuse to ensure their physical and mental health and overall wellbeing is improved. Family members receive effective, evidence-based interventions which respond to the need of family members and reduce the effects of drug and alcohol misuse within the family unit and family relationships are improved. This includes protecting children and young people from the harmful effects of drug and alcohol use within families.
These outcomes will be achieved through the following measures:
Liaison and collaboration with partners across the system to identify and offer support to families affected by drug and alcohol misuse
Partnership working with integrated drug and alcohol service to enhance the role that families play in treatment and recovery
Structured therapeutic interventions that improve the coping skills and strengthen the family unit, and give families and carers the tools to support their affected family member to engage with drug and alcohol treatment, delivered through structured care plans and a keyworker approach
Opportunities and training for volunteering and peer mentoring
Unstructured interventions to that offer families the opportunity to receive peer support
Support and advocacy to family members of individuals affected by drug and alcohol misuse to enable them to access support services in their own right
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Nov 2030, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£770,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Marketing, Promotion and Partnership Working: 15%
- Identifying and Responding to Support Needs: 25%
- Delivering the Service Model and Outcomes: 25%
- Evidence Based Delivery and Impact: 10%
- Service Management and Workforce: 15%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Marketing, Promotion and Partnership Working
- Identifying and Responding to Support Needs
- Delivering the Service Model and Outcomes
- Evidence Based Delivery and Impact
- Service Management and Workforce
- 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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Nov 2030
- First published
- 11 Aug 2025, 11:46 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Jun 2026, 14:26 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 Jan 2026
- Authority reference
OPEN20251419- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-078287- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058503Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
11 Aug 2025 → 1 Jun 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:46 BST
- Market engagement9 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council will be holding a market engagement session with attendees able to attend in person or virtually. A questionnaire for suppliers to confirm their attendance has been published on the OPEN portal :
- Next notice expected356 days ago1 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Tender notice published329 days ago28 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMT
- Clarification questions by295 days ago2 Jan 2026, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline288 days ago9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by265 days ago31 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent246 days ago20 Feb 2026
- Standstill ends234 days ago3 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts206 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published145 days ago1 Jun 2026, 14:26 BST
Notice history
12 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Aug 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Aug 2025, 11:46 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published28 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMTUK4
- Published value published: £770,00028 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMT
- Status changed to active28 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMT
- Procurement method changed28 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMT
- Deadline published: 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT28 Nov 2025, 22:39 GMT
- Tender notice published15 Dec 2025, 09:21 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published17 Dec 2025, 11:43 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published20 Feb 2026, 12:56 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete20 Feb 2026, 12:56 GMT
- Contract signature expected6 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published1 Jun 2026, 14:26 BSTUK7
Published amendments (2)
The figure for the contract value including VAT has been updated. The figure for the contract value without VAT has remained the same.
To include an additional link to the procurement portal. This contract is under the Light Touch Regime.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 15 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 1 release · 28 Nov 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 11 Aug 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridges Tees Valley [CIO]VCSESpecialist Family & Carer Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: 1 x 24 month and 1 x 12 month. The decision to take the extensions is solely with the Authority. | £770,000 | 20 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Bridges Tees Valley [CIO]VCSE
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2026
- Value
- £770,000
- Period
- 1 Apr 2026 – 30 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Decision to activate either extension lies solely with Stockton Borough Council. The extension periods are: 1 x 24 months & 1 x 12 months.
12 agreed KPIs: Number of care planned service users receiving a service at any one time - active case load of the service each month. · Percentage of service users who receive a comprehensive care plan signed by service user and key worker · Number of service users who have had a 3 monthly care plan review …
- Number of care planned service users receiving a service at any one time - active case load of the service each month.
- Percentage of service users who receive a comprehensive care plan signed by service user and key worker
- Number of service users who have had a 3 monthly care plan review
- Percentage of eligible service users who have had a 3 monthly care plan review
- Number of service users exiting the service in a planned way
- Percentage of service users exiting the service in a planned way
- Number of service users exiting the service in a planned way with an increased overall outcome star score (or similar) compared to initial score.
- Percentage of service users exiting the service in a planned way with an increased overall outcome star score (or similar) compared to initial score.
- Percentage of outcome star reviews/health assessment reviews (or similar) showing an increase in health and well-being
- Percentage of outcome star/health assessment reviews (or similar) showing an increase in 'managing at home'
- Percentage of outcome star reviews (or similar) showing improvement in 'time for themselves'
- Percentage of service user feedback forms where their experience with the service is rated as excellent or good
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 2 | 2 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bridges Tees Valley [CIO]Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender