FEW1411 - Recovery Hub (Substance Use)

Location

Leicester:

Description

The Leicester Recovery Hub will play a key role in supporting vulnerable people engaged in substance use and street lifestyles, including dependent drinkers and drug users. The service will operate from a physical City Centre location, working with partners across the local treatment system to support individuals already in treatment, and those not currently in treatment. The service provides brief/semi-structured interventions to people with substance use needs, including street drinking and other substances associated to street lifestyle issues. The service also provides a wet day centre provision to allow dependent street drinkers to consume alcohol in a safe environment, whilst receiving interventions.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service provides brief/semi-structured interventions to people with substance use needs, including street drinking and other substances associated to street lifestyle issues. The service also provides a wet day centre provision to allow dependent street drinkers to consume alcohol in a safe environment, whilst receiving interventions. Leicester City Council ('the Authority') is intending to award this contract to the existing Provider following Direct Award Process C under NHS Provider Selection Regime 2023 The approximate lifetime value of this contract is £855,936.25

Award Detail

Renewal Options

The initial contract term is 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1 year period.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Options are available.

Legal Justification

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 27/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award. The standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers by 27/03/2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR. Any written representations can be sent to liane.pereira@leicester.gov.uk The decision makers for this award are the Authority's Commissioner for this service. Conflicts of interest identified among the Public Health Consultant, Lead Commissioner and, Contract Manager: 0. No conflicts or potential conflicts have been declared. Each of these elements are considered fundamental to the delivery of the service, and are assessed as having equal weighting as part of the decision making. Commissioners also considered the relative importance of each of the key criteria. In assessing this, a decision was reached that each of the criteria should be considered as having equal weight, owing the need for a holistic service offer that satisfies each of the criteria. These key criteria were selected on this basis (of course, the full service spec outlies additional service requirements beyond these criteria).