PMCV 029 Drug and Alcohol Recovery and Treatment Services

The Authority is issuing this Invitation to Submit an Initial Tender ("ISIT") in connection with the Procurement described in the Tender Notice published on the Central Digital Platform (the “Platform”) with reference number PMCV029 (the “Procurement”).

The Procurement is being run under a two - stage competitive flexible procedure pursuant to section 19 of the Procurement Act 2023 (the “Act”).

Shropshire’s drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service will enable people to achieve and sustain recovery, reduce harm, and improve wellbeing. Through timely, trauma informed and person-centred interventions, it will support adults, young people and their families, and help individuals rebuild healthy, fulfilling lives within their communities. The council will be a commissioner of services rather than a direct deliverer and are undertaking this tender exercise to source the most suitable services to be able to deliver against its vision.

Key Principles

The key principles underpinning this vision are:

Enabling and sustaining recovery

A preventative and harm reduction approach

Improving the health and wellbeing of clients

Support wider family networks

Accessibility

Trauma informed

System-wide approach and partnership working

Financial sustainability

Alignment with national guidelines and strategies

Informed by lived experience

Flexibility in delivery.

The Authority is seeking a Provider or Providers to operate services covered by this procurement opportunity. The Authority requires that the Contract reflects the required operational ethos, and the critical importance of financial viability together with the need to provide treatment and recovery services across the county for those using substances.

The Services to be provided by the Provider/s have been broken down into three different LOTS.