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title: "Substance Misuse Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service"
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# Substance Misuse Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/substance-misuse-specialist-treatment-and-recovery-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd0a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** This tender is for the provision of a Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service. The proposed approach is to procure a lead provider to deliver Specialist Treatment and Recovery Services across Essex.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £34,889,545 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Community health services, Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02dd0a`

## 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/substance-misuse-specialist-treatment-and-recovery-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd0a#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [supplierlive.proactisp2p.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupplierlive.proactisp2p.com%2FAccount%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/substance-misuse-specialist-treatment-and-recovery-service-ocds-h6vhtk-02dd0a#participate

## Description
This tender is for the provision of a Specialist Treatment and Recovery Service.  The proposed approach is to procure a lead provider to deliver Specialist Treatment and Recovery Services across Essex.
The aims of the Provider are to deliver the following, adopting a client centred approach:
-To reduce the harm caused by illicit drugs,new psychoactive substances and alcohol
-Increase the rates of individuals recovering from their dependence
-To promote independent and healthy living,
-To improve the health, social, psychological, legal, welfare and life chances of people who are vulnerable through the use of illicit drugs and alcohol.
-To jointly work with other partners to improve physical and mental health, employment, housing, family life and crime issues for clients.
This will be a 7 year contract. 
Tender return date 11th October 2021 (12 noon)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85323000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £34,889,545

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021915-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-09-03T15:08:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T22:01:38.630Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02dd0a