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title: "Specialist Family & Carer Support Service"
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# Specialist Family & Carer Support Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-family-carer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058503). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Stockton on Tees Borough Council: "Specialist Family & Carer Support Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £770,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.open-uk.org.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Stockton on Tees Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/stockton-on-tees-borough-council-ons-e06000004)
- **Published Value:** £770,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 9 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC11
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £770,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-family-carer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058503#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-058503`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/specialist-family-carer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058503#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [open-uk.org](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.open-uk.org%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/specialist-family-carer-support-service-ocds-h6vhtk-058503#participate

## Description
This 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

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 85000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £770,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Specialist Family & Carer Service (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Bridges Tees Valley [CIO]**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:CE001396`
  - Value: £770,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 20/02/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £770,000
  - Signed Date: 20/03/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078287-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-06-01T13:26:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:06:30.655Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-058503