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title: "The provision of a Residential Substance Use Medically Managed Detoxification Service"
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# The provision of a Residential Substance Use Medically Managed Detoxification Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-provision-of-a-residential-substance-use-medically-managed-detoxification-service-ocds-h6vhtk-029539). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sefton Council: "The provision of a Residential Substance Use Medically Managed Detoxification Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sefton Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sefton-council-ons-e08000014)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Health and social work services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-029539`

## Before you bid
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- **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/the-provision-of-a-residential-substance-use-medically-managed-detoxification-service-ocds-h6vhtk-029539#tl-md)

## Description
The purpose of the residential medically managed detoxification service is to provide a safe, evidence based,effective detoxification and stabilisation programme to aid the recovery and reintegration of substance misuserswith complex needs.
Within Sefton Integrated Substance Misuse Treatment Service, the first-line detoxification offer is communitydetoxification within the adult treatment service. Where increased risk is indicated, residential in-patientdetoxification may be the safest and most effective treatment plan. Medical input and supervision can beprovided by a community GP overseeing the detoxification plan.
However, medically managed inpatient detoxification is an important treatment option for service users who:
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Have not benefited from previous formal community-based and/or medically supervised inpatientdetoxification
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Need 24 hour specialist substance misuse medical and/or nursing care because of significant co-morbidphysical or mental health problems
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Require complex polydrug detoxification, for example concurrent detoxification from alcohol orbenzodiazepines
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Are experiencing significant vulnerabilities or social problems that will limit the benefit of community-baseddetoxification
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Have complex needs that require admission for medical stabilisation.
The particular aims of the service are
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To provide a safe period of medically managed and monitored (by exception) withdrawal and detoxification, with24 hour medical supervision
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To encourage, educate, motivate and enable realistic lifestyle changes
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To ensure that treatment gains are maintained by developing robust links with aftercare support available withinthe community, including mental health services
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To address the safeguarding and welfare needs of vulnerable adult service users or the children of substancemisusing parents, ensuring that needs are identified and planned for prior to a person’s discharge from inpatientcare
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To ensure that the principles of harm minimisation underpin the delivery of all interventions in order to reducethe harm caused by drugs and alcohol on individuals, thereby contributing to a reduction in drug and alcoholrelated deaths and the transmission of blood borne viruses.
This procurement is being undertaken in accordance with section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015,also know as the "Light Touch" regime under the EU Procurement Directives.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** The provision of a Residential Substance Use Medically Managed Detoxification Service (active)
  - Award id: `003537-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **MerseyCare NHS Trust**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-6374`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** The provision of a Residential Substance Use Medically Managed Detoxification Service (active)

  - Signed Date: 02/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F003537-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-02-23T08:45:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T01:06:05.405Z
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