Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-03-11
Buyer: Norfolk County Council
Country: UK
Region: Norfolk
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 85000000 | 85100000: Health services | 85140000: Miscellaneous health services | 85312300
Estimated value: 60000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated alcohol and drug behaviour change service, which includes treatment, recovery and builds community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The new service will be recovery focused, delivering a shift towards prevention and early interventions, demonstrates innovation and implements evidence based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. There will be a sharp focus on reducing associated harms caused to children.
The new service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive and dynamic range of services, to address the alcohol and drug related needs of adults and the consequent impact on their families and wider communities in Norfolk. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality.
The new service will be a fundamental partner to improve the health and wellbeing of Norfolk residents. It will build on current provision:
- Align service within NCC strategic priorities: social care, dementia, criminal justice, children services and learning disabilities.
- Ensuring the right support is available for people with complex needs i.e. older adults and those with long term conditions, poor mental health, experiencing domestic abuse or those engaged in sex work.
- Integrate with wider lifestyle behaviour changes including stop smoking, weight management, physical activity, mental and physical wellbeing.
The new service must show how a truly integrated assessment, treatment and asset based community recovery service will be delivered to meet the requirements and outcomes of the service in Norfolk, paying attention to the need to deliver equitable access, quality and outcomes in all the communities. It needs to show an increased focus on alcohol and brief interventions.
- Improving the chances for children and young people to reach their potential through better engagement in education
The contract length for this procurement is likely to be 5 years with a possible 5 year extension, but the Council has not yet made a final decision.
Further to Paragraph 3 of the Best Value Statutory Guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Local Government in September 2011, the Council is holding a Concept Viability event to explore the plans for the delivery of this service prior to a contract notice being issued and applications being invited. The event will be held on 30th March in Norwich. The event will inform providers of our intentions and what we hope to achieve and to ascertain potential providers views. Places will be limited to 3 people per organisation (to be limited to 2 if numbers become unmanageable). If you are interested in this opportunity you are advised to attend.
To express an interest and apply to attend, applicants must first be registered on the procurement system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles Once registered you will be able to view the project under the tenders section and express an interest. To book a place please use the correspondence facility on In-tend and provide your organisation's name and the names, e-mail addresses and contact telephone numbers of the people who will be attending. Please quote NCCT41343 Concept Event in the subject line of your correspondence. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk
If you are unable to attend the event but wish to receive the presentation slide pack, please ensure you express an interest in this project and state that you would like to receive the information.