Official UK procurement notice
Substance Use Disorder Adult Treatment Service Re-tender
Authority: Swindon Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSwindon Borough Council (SBC) wishes to submit to tender the requirements for the provision of a substance use disorder (SUDO) adult treatment service in Swindon. The aims and objectives is to procure services for the provision of an integrated highly accessible adult substance use disorder treatment system, that meets the needs of the residents of Swindon.
The new contract is required to provide a case-management system, with an agreement for commissioners to have viewer/ download access rights. The SUDO contract will commence on 01/04/2023. The initial contract period will be for six years, core base line funding of £10,896,000.00 with the option of two extensions (2+2 years), up to a maximum of ten years contract duration length. The extension value base for the 4 year period is £7,264,000.00. In addition to the core grant funding, there is supplementary grant funding subject to treasury approval, pursuant to the next government spending review 2024. There is also annual funding from Wiltshire and Swindon office of the police and crime commissioner community safety fund grant included in this contract.
CPV: Community health services · Hospital and related services · Miscellaneous health services · Rehabilitation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Substance Use Disorder Adult Treatment Service Re-tenderAwarded
The provision of a substance use disorder (SUDO) adult treatment service in Swindon. The
aims and objectives is to procure services for the provision of an integrated highly
accessible adult substance use disorder treatment system, that meets the needs of the
residents of Swindon.
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 (14)
- Funding: 3%
- Case management/ Performance: 3%
- Engagement with Non-opiate and unmet need cohorts: 3%
- Working with underserved groups and change resistant individuals: 3%
- Criminal Justice delivery: 3%
- Hospital Liaison: 3%
- Partnership working/Continuity of care/ Through the gate processes: 3%
- Day programme: 3%
- Enhanced Harm Reduction: 3%
- Sub-contracting/Staffing/Mobilisation and Future contracted years: 3%
- Project time line/implementation and risks: 3%
- (Presentation)-System wide service delivery/model of delivery/networking: 3%
- price: 61%
- Social Value: 3%
Published award criteria (14)
- Funding: 3%
- Case management/ Performance: 3%
- Engagement with Non-opiate and unmet need cohorts: 3%
- Working with underserved groups and change resistant individuals: 3%
- Criminal Justice delivery: 3%
- Hospital Liaison: 3%
- Partnership working/Continuity of care/ Through the gate processes: 3%
- Day programme: 3%
- Enhanced Harm Reduction: 3%
- Social Value: 3%
- Sub-contracting/Staffing/Mobilisation and Future contracted years: 3%
- Project time line/implementation and risks: 3%
- (Presentation)-System wide service delivery/model of delivery/networking: 3%
- Price: 61%
- Price carries 61 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.1 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Substance Use Disorder Adult Treatment Service Re-tender” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Sept 2022, 16:53 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2026, 14:31 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 2 Nov 2022 – …
- Authority reference
DN633730- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001919- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037221Find a Tender
- Performance terms
In procurement documents
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
2 Nov 2022 → 9 Jan 2026 · 3 dates- Bids opened2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published289 days ago9 Jan 2026, 14:31 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Oct 2022- Deadline moved to 9 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT26 Oct 2022, 16:17 BST+7 days · was 2 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete3 Jan 2023, 16:21 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 2 Nov 2022 | 9 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 2 Nov 2022 | 9 Nov 2022 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-09: 1 release · 30 Sept 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 000089-2023-1
- Signed
- 13 Dec 2022
- Value
- £20,791,972
- Status
- active
Contract 001919-2026-1-1
- Signed
- 13 Dec 2022
- Value
- £23,715,929
- Status
- active
- Change The provision of a substance use disorder (SUDO) adult treatment service contract in Swindon is to incorporate three new elements in to the current contractual arrangement from 8th October 2025- 1. Increase the contract value of the existing contract by £150,000 per annum for the remaining 4 years of the contract from 1/04/2025 - 31/03/2029 to absorb medication dispensing costs that were not factored in to the contract at the point of re-tendering for the services in April 2023. Cumulative cost £600,000. 2. Increase the contract value of the existing contract by £51,000 per annum for a 24 month period from 1/04/2025 – 31/03/2027 to include the new Recovery and Dependency Service co-commissioning arrangement with Probation South West. Cumulative cost £102,000. 3. Increase the contract value of the existing contract by £163,000 to incorporate the uplift in the Individual Placement Support Service (IPS) grant allocation for 2025/26. A PAD exemption was completed in April 2024 which increased the contract by £154,000 to incorporate this new service. Cumulative cost increase of £3,000. The contract term remains unchanged. There are no conflicts or potential conflicts of interest with this modification, as set out in the conflict of interest form. The service area has consulted legal services on the modification and has advised on issuing a modification notice., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Change, Grow, Live (CGL) is Swindon’s contracted adult substance use disorder (SUD) services provider. CGL were awarded the contract for an initial 6-year contract term from 1st April 2023-31st March 2029 with the option to extend for a further 2+2 years up to a maximum contract duration length of 10 years. The contract was initially sealed at £2,079,197.28 per annum with a cost of £12,475,183.68 for the 6-year term and £20,791,972.80 cumulative cost for the maximum duration of the contract period over 10 years. CGL’s contract was varied from 1st April 2024 under PSR reg 13(1)(d) permitted modification to incorporate a new Individual Placement Support service (IPS) which is Government grant funding. The deed of variation from 1st April 2024 covered a two-year IPS grant allocation of £154,000 for 2024/25 and £160,000 for 2025/26. This has now increased by £3,000 to £163,000 for 2025/26. A new pricing schedule was included in this variation with a current contract value of £2,262,561.28 for 2024/25 inclusive of the IPS grant allocation for this financial year.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
2 commercial parties on the notice- Change, Grow, Live, Services LTDFramework contractor
- Change, Grow, Live, Services LTDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria