Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Support to Families (affected by others drug and alcohol use) Tender

Location

Services will be delivered within the Glasgow City area, across all HSCP Locality Areas (North West/North East and South)

Description

The Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery services will be delivered across Glasgow City, offering multiple responses to individuals and their families. The services will offer flexibility to meet the needs of people who are at various stages of recovery, from people who are seeking initial support to address harmful use, right through to those who are in recovery and seek an abstinence-based support approach and support network. The Successful Provider will work to provide a network of services designed with the fundamental aim to support families affected by others harmful drug and alcohol use and offer support to build supportive and resilient relationships in families affected by others harmful alcohol and drug use. Full details of the requirements will be provided in the Service Specification upon publication of the tender documents. The contract term will be for a period of 4 years with the option of 2-year extension - refer to the ITT. Annual Value based on a 2026/2027 Budget inclusive of SLW uplift for this service is 406,628.00 GBP and will be block funded annually based on minimum required service delivery levels of 95%. Refer to Service Specification for full details for forecast of requirements.

Total Quantity or Scope

The service will provide free and confidential practical advice, information and emotional support to individuals;-This service will be available to families affected by a family members harmful alcohol and drug use. The service will be available to kinship carers and informal carers who have caring roles as a result of family members harmful alcohol and drug use. The service must offer accommodation to deliver supports. In addition, be able to offer outreach surgery group support in local communities to widen accessibility and increase awareness of the service. -The support will be delivered as group sessions and there will be limited 1:1 support sessions available where appropriate. -The service will be a key component in the social recovery systems in Glasgow -The service will be part of the recovery orientated system and be an integral part of recovery for all the family. -The service will build and promote natural social networks of support for people to move onto more informal arrangements of support. -The service will offer short break/respite interventions (from 1 hour to maximum of 4hours) to children and young people (0-16).

CPV Codes

• 85310000 - Social work services
• 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85311000 - Social work services with accommodation

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Performance considerations apply.

Other Information

Services will be awarded to one Provider - this may be a consortium/collaboration or Joint Bidders. Contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period - refer to ITT Contract Values provided are based on 72 months. Updated 2026/2027 Price Base (incl SLW) has been used. As this is a re-tender, Information Events relating to this Tender, Tender process and document completion were hosted by the Supplier Development Programme and are available to view on YouTube at the following links - Talking Tender - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOWQh2brifw Aligned Tender Training - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvAUAopJDgw Video sessions include details of Lots not included in this tender as they have been awarded. This Tender is only for services referred to in the video sessions as Lot 3. As a result of the original Lot 3 being unfilled (Support to Families in the Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services Tender - Notice ID JAN547183), we are returning to the market for Lot 3. Due to the nature of services, and the need to have a whole system of support in place to support people using services it is the Councils intention to align the contract terms, and to achieve this, there will be a reduced tender live period, using an accelerated tender procedure as outlined in Regulation 28(5) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tender Requirements in relation to Selection and Award criteria will be defined in the contract Notice and Tender Documentation once the Tender is published, which is expected to be on or around 24th June 2026. Bidders should consider: Care Inspectorate Registration Requirements - Bidders will require to hold Registration/s relevant to delivery of services to Children and Young People (Care at Home and Housing Support) Where Care Inspectorate Registration is required, bidders will require to evidence a minimum of Grade three (3) or Good in their most recent Care Inspection Report for a relevant service. Bidders will require to have or have access to, Property/appropriate spaces in which to deliver services as outlined in this notice and in tender documentation. Bidders will require to meet minimum Health & Safety requirements. Bidders will require to confirm that all staff involved in the delivery of services will undertake or commit to completing PVG checks (Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme). Membership to the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) will be required for relevant roles for services deliver under this contract. Insurance Requirements require to be met and are defined in the Invitation to Tender. Please refer to the Tender documents for this detail as the data volume is to great for inclusion in this notice. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if there are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 AND The Council reserves the right at its own discretion to seek such other information from the Bidder in accordance with Regulation 61(7) or Regulation 61(8) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 to prove the Bidder’s economic and financial standing. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 31991. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Completion of Community Benefits Outcomes is a mandatory requirement that is Pass / Fail. Bidders MUST refer to the Community Benefits Invitation to Tender document provided in the Supplier Attachment area of PCS-T for full details and guidance relating to completion of the Community Benefits documents. All Community Benefit templates (Main Community Benefits Menu, supporting Methodology Statement and Voluntary Community Benefits template) are contained within the Community Benefits folder in the Supplier Attachment area of PCS-T (SC Ref:833127)