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Published 11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
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Substance Use Service for Children and Young people

Oxfordshire County Council
Local Council
services
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Health services
South East (UKJ14)
Published value
£4,200,000
Contract value exc. VAT
Submission deadline
9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
27d 19h left
Lots published
1
Lots published in procedure
Contract duration
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Published delivery schedule
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What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Oxfordshire County Council: "Substance Use Service for Children and Young people". Published status: active. Published value: £4,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: sebp.due-north.com.

Official Requirement Description:

The service will address the key priorities in the Children and Young People's action plan under the Oxfordshire Combatting Drugs Partnership. The service will adopt a flexible and innovative approach to delivery and funding opportunities, using expert workforce and evidence-based ideas to develop the service and increase the numbers of children and young people who benefit from the service.

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    active
    Renewal
    Published value£4,200,000
    This service seeks to enable children and young people to stop, or significantly reduce, their use of drugs or alcohol by providing structured specialist support. It aims to reach all the children and young people who need support from this service in Oxfordshire.
    Contract period:
    Not published
    Eligibility:
    Not published
    Options / extension:
    There is the option to extend up to 4 years in aggregate.
    Variants:
    Not allowed

Qualification snapshot & criteria

Go / No-Go Decision Box
Criteria & entry requirements
Evaluation weighting
Service Questions: 90%
Social Value: 10%
Incumbent & Market Position
Top Retained Vendor (Authority Spend)Action for ChildrenHolds 52.2% of historical attributable spend
High Concentration
Entry requirements & qualification
  • Turnover Benchmark
    Guideline requirement: ~£8,400,000 annual turnover.Per Cabinet Office EFS 2026 & Sourcing Playbook: general proportionality cap (~2× run-rate), not an automatic disqualifier.
  • Insurance Commitments (No Upfront Purchase Needed)
    Standard public thresholds: Employer Liability (£5m), Public Liability (£5m-£10m), Professional Indemnity (£1m-£5m).✓ Commitment required upon award only — no upfront policy purchase needed to bid
  • Accreditations & Security Vetting
    Check tender pack for Cyber Essentials Plus (PPN 014 risk-proportional), ISO 27001/9001, and BPSS / SC security clearance requirements for named delivery personnel.
    • Source: Cabinet Office Sourcing Playbook & EFS Guidance.

    Buyer track record & authority intelligence: Oxfordshire County Council

    Rolling 24 months
    Derived from OCDS data
    Published track record for Oxfordshire County Council. These figures describe a rolling 24-month window, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
    Avg price drop
    Not availableEarly / insufficient sample
    Needs a published budget AND award for the same procedure
    Competition Density
    13.5Bids / Report (median)
    Single-bidder rate: 7.5% · Mean: 23.3 bids
    Supplier Concentration
    High Concentration
    Action for ChildrenTop vendor: 52.2% of attributable value
    Published spend
    £22,805,151Historical spend
    Cumulative GBP spend across 40 retained awards
    Typical award value
    £122,946Robust (n=19)
    Middle 50% of awards: £67,782 – £272,052 · 30% of the sector median for CPV 85
    Awarded spend by half-year
    2024-H2
    2025-H1
    2025-H2
    2026-H1
    2026-H2
    Methodology & coverage notes (40 active published awards)
    Coverage: 40 active published awards; 40 bid reports (which may be per lot); 19 valued awards. Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Every figure carries an evidence level: Robust (5+ observations), Moderate (3–4), Indicative (1–2). Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
    Historical Awarded Suppliers in this Category (CPV 85):
    Supplier Name
    Historic Awards
    Attributable Value
    Avg. Price Discount
    Action for Children1 win£11,900,000No published budget
    SOLUTIONS 4 HEALTH1 win£5,730,796No published budget
    Elmore Community Services1 win£2,752,355No published budget
    Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust1 win£582,334No published budget
    The Gallery Trust Limited3 wins£479,430No published budget

    Sector Market Benchmark & Opportunity Radar

    CPV 85 · UK Sector Analysis
    Observed CPV-sector evidence
    Prepared 11 Sept 2026, 16:54 BST
    Observed CPV-sector evidence where it exists, with clearly labelled UK all-sector context for sparse fields; this is market context, not a bid forecast.
    Median Winning Discount
    0%
    CPV sector evidence · 471 comparable price observations
    Typical Bids Received
    1reported bids
    CPV sector evidence · 24,213 published bid reports
    Decision Velocity
    ~54 days
    CPV sector evidence · median from 640 completed procedures
    Notice Stability
    3 updates
    1 deadline change
    Top Contenders in this Sector (CPV 85)
    Active commercial suppliers winning public contracts in this field
    Supplier
    Awards won
    Total awarded value
    Avg. winning discount
    ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITEDCRN: 01245534
    		13 contracts£12,096,084,526At ceiling / not disclosed
    Eville and Jones (GB) LimitedCRN: PHXH-2391-YMLX
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    West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RGR
    		13 contracts£5,537,708,775At ceiling / not disclosed
    Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
    		11 contracts£3,595,302,069At ceiling / not disclosed
    Barts Health NHS TrustCRN: N/A – NHS Trust
    		16 contracts£3,453,013,003At ceiling / not disclosed
    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUSTCRN: RRV
    		16 contracts£2,933,363,592At ceiling / not disclosed
    MAXIMUS UK SERVICES LIMITEDCRN: 09072343
    		39 contracts£2,893,246,280At ceiling / not disclosed
    Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation TrustCRN: RJ128
    		6 contracts£2,711,962,948At ceiling / not disclosed
    Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustCRN: RBN
    		17 contracts£2,505,604,267At ceiling / not disclosed
    Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustCRN: Y61
    		15 contracts£2,375,960,101At ceiling / not disclosed
    Comparable Published Opportunities & Re-tender Precedents
    Ranked by multi-factor similarity score
    Historic records ranked from matching published evidence. They serve as research precedents for contract scoping, specifications, and previous awardees.
    Published procedure
    Published value
    Matching evidence
    Substance Use Service for Children and Young peopleOxfordshire County Council · 27 Jul 2026, 16:34 BST
    		£4,900,000
    same CPV family
    same region
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Oxfordshire Children & Young People’s Substance Misuse ServiceOxfordshire County Council · 9 Mar 2023, 16:30 GMT
    		Value not published
    same CPV family
    same region
    matching published text
    Young People Substance Use Prevention and Treatment ServicesLancashire County Council · 11 May 2026, 16:42 BST
    		£8,467,501
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Gloucestershire Children and Young People's Advocacy ServiceGloucestershire County Council- · 9 Sept 2026, 10:18 BST
    		£1,199,992
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    Contract for the Provision of Residential Placements for up to Two (2) Children and Young People aged 7 years and Above with Challenging Behaviour and Complex Needs - ClothallHertfordshire County Council · 30 Jun 2025, 14:00 BST
    		£2,982,280
    same CPV family
    similar value band
    matching published text
    Method: tender-intelligence-v1. Empirical OCDS facts and cross-sector percentiles; missing fields remain unrecorded.

    Procedure terms & legal framework

    Procedure methodCompetitive procedure with negotiationLegal basis
    CELEX · 32014L0024
    		Procurement categoryservices
    Notice statusactiveProcurement thresholdSub-thresholdRegulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
    Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
    Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BSTLast source update11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    Classification (CPV)Health services
    Delivery area
    South East (UKJ14)
    Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06f867

    How to participate & submission route

    Submit via ProContract (Due North)
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    Expression of interest (EOI)—Tender submission deadline
    9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
    		Clarification deadlineNone published in notice
    Submission channel{"electronicSubmission"}Electronic submissionOnline portalAccepted languagesen
    Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
    Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
    From official release
    Timeline
    1. Procedure published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    2. Submission deadline
      9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

    Commercial outcome and contract awards

    Awards (0)No award published
    Contracts (0)No contract published
    Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
    Notice history
    From official release and amendment events
    1. tender value changed
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    2. Status changed to published status
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    3. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    4. procurement method changed
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    5. Submission deadline changed to published date
      11 Sept 2026, 15:35 BST
    6. Official notice release published
      11 Sept 2026, 15:31 BST
    7. Published tender amendment
      Not published
      The tender documents are published on Proactis: https://procontract.due-north.com/RfxResponse/Index?rfxId=7f3de91d-d7ad-f111-813c-005056b64545

    Buyer and organisations in this procedure

    1 participating organisation

    Oxfordshire County Council

    Contracting authority
    Local Council
    GB-PPON-PZNW-8281-MHNM
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    Other participating organisations & roles (1)

    • Oxfordshire County Council
      reviewBody

      County Hall New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND
      [email protected]
      +44 7763217572

    Official Documents & Specifications (0)

    Official links; attachments are not copied
    No data
    No linked documents are published