Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2020-01-29
Buyer: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85100000: Health services | 85300000
Estimated value: 50000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Kirklees Council would like to procure an integrated substance misuse service for adults that are 18 years or older. The service will be prevention and recovery orientated, with recovery aspirations being built in from first contact and early identification enabled across different settings.
Kirklees Council would like to procure an integrated substance misuse service for adults that are 18 years or older. The new service will build on existing services and be prevention, early intervention, harm minimisation, treatment and recovery orientated. Recovery aspirations will be built in from first contact and early identification and intervention enabled across the system. The service will develop and model a culture that inspires people to believe that change is possible and that they can control this. The service will include a balance of prevention, early intervention and capacity building within partner populations to optimise outcomes. The service will be delivered with the following best practice outcomes in mind:
3) Co-production of personal plans with interventions and recovery outcomes, building on people’s existing capabilities and resilience,
7) Building recovery capital and promoting its visibility and the development of peer support from harm reduction through to full recovery.
The service will support individual service users to achieve their personal outcomes. To be able to develop positive supportive networks, contribute to their community and realise their potential. Overall well-being will be enhanced through service users fulfilling their personal and social goals and enhancing their sense of purpose. The provider will support service users to incorporate these elements within their journeys.
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees is conducting this procurement exercise in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102). This exercise is being undertaken within the rules outlined within Section 7 (Social and other specific services) due to the nature of the provision. Kirklees are informing the market about this procurement in a PIN in order to give potential bidders advance notice and allow time for preparations to be made. Kirklees Council are keen to see this service delivered by a formal partnership of providers, which includes Kirklees third sector organisations, who have the skills, experience and relationships (to be developed as necessary) required to deliver the specified outcomes. It is further anticipated that during the life of the contract the provider(s), in partnership with the commissioner, will develop an alliance model with key partners who are involved in the delivery of relevant pathways that contribute to the achievement of the specified outcomes. The ambition is for an alliance to strengthen the local wider substance misuse system with improved relationships, quality, experience, effectiveness and efficiency and enhanced achievement of outcomes. Should an alliance model be chosen as the successful delivery model, Kirklees anticipate that by year 3 a formal alliance will be established between the alliance and the commissioner. Year 1 will be setting in to build up relationships. Year 2 will focus on prevention, early intervention, harm minimisation, treatment and recovery. Year 3 the formal alliance will be established. Any early delivery of these milestones will be welcomed.
Kirklees understands that it can take time for interested organisations to develop links and working relationships between themselves and other organisations. Rather than only notifying potential applicants of Kirklees' intentions once a contract notice has been published thus restricting potential applicant's time to establish links with other organisations should they wish to do so, we are notifying the market early with the information contained in this PIN.
Please note Kirklees are not stipulating, restricting or limiting the bidding model that potential applicants may utilise for this procurement.


Award value: 50000000