Awarded· 21 Mar 2025
Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service
Birmingham City Council · Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham City Council has awarded Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 8 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 12:18
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Tender notice updated
Tender Notice · 09:41
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About this tender
In brief
Birmingham City Council has awarded Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Birmingham. The contract went to Aquarius Action Projects. It was awarded on 21 March 2025. The contract value is £7,483,546.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 8 April 2025. The notice number is 013569-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-04f748.
Summary of the contracting process
Birmingham City Council has announced the confirmation of contract award for the "Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service" under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). The contract, which focuses on the provision of health services (CPV code 85100000) within the UK region (UKG), is geared towards delivering a public health approach to address substance misuse among young people.
The service will integrate with wider children and young people services, offering a tiered model of Universal, Targeted, and Specialist provisions. Key dates include the contract start on 3rd April 2025, with an initial period of five years and an option to extend for another two years. The value of the contract is £7,483,546, with grant funding confirmed for Year 1.
The contract's focus on a public health approach and improving health outcomes offers a strategic growth avenue for providers in this sector.
The notice in full
The vision for the new children and young people's drug and alcohol service is to have an integrated service model with wider children and young people services. It will provide a range of young person-centred, sensitive, and trauma-informed services to CYP who may be at risk of substance misuse or currently experiencing substance related harm.
The service will be structured to support Children and Young People with three tiers of provision: Universal, Targeted and Specialist. The Service will deliver a Public Health approach to address poor health outcomes of substance misuse and promotes health transitions into adulthood.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The vision for the new children and young people's drug and alcohol service is to have an integrated service model with wider children and young people services. It will provide a range of young person-centred, sensitive, and trauma-informed services to CYP who may be at risk of substance misuse or currently experiencing substance related harm.
The service will be structured to support Children and Young People with three tiers of provision: Universal, Targeted and Specialist. The Service will deliver a Public Health approach to address poor health outcomes of substance misuse and promotes health transitions into adulthood. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process.
The core contract value is PS7,483,546. Grant funding of approximately 10% of the contract value (PS7,483,546) has been confirmed for Year 1 and will be made available to the Provider for service delivery. Grant funding for additional years is subject to availability of National Grant.
The Most Suitable Provider that has been identified through the process is the existing Provider. The intention is to award the contract to the Provider to deliver the new service which is not changing considerably from the previous. The proposed contract start date is 3rd April 2025 for a 5 year period with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Aquarius Action Projects
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Tender, Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- SME
Values
- Contracts value
- £7,483,546
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value, awards value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 013569-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f748
- CPV code
- 85100000 - Health services; 85140000 - Miscellaneous health services; 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B1 1BB
- Electoral ward
- Ladywood
- Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
- Delivery area
- West Midlands (England)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Sub-region
- Birmingham
- Area
- West Midlands
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Birmingham City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- Commercial and Procurement Services
- Address
- Birmingham, B1 1BB · West Midlands · England
Not stated in the notice: phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Aquarius Action Projects
- Awardee scale
- SME
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
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Questions about Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service
Who won the Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service contract?
Birmingham City Council awarded the contract to Aquarius Action Projects on 21 March 2025.
How much is the Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service contract worth?
The contract value is £7,483,546.
Who is the buyer for Children and Young People's Substance Misuse Treatment Service?
Birmingham City Council, based in Birmingham, West Midlands. The named contact is Commercial and Procurement Services.
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