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AwardHealth and social work servicesCPV: 85000000

Community Rehabilitation Service

Chelmsford
THE FORWARD TRUST
Published 8 Apr, 2025
Contract Value
£6,300,000
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Overview

Summary, notice description and lot information

Summary of the contracting process

Essex County Council has awarded a contract under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) for the re-commissioning of the Community Rehabilitation Service, with a contract period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030, and potential for a two-year extension until 2032. The awarded contract, effective from 17 February 2025, is valued at approximately £4,499,976. This procurement falls within the health and social work services industry category, addressing rehabilitation services to support healthy lifestyles and level up health across Essex, UKH3 region.

This procurement manifests the Council’s commitment to health, care, and wellbeing for the community, including support for vulnerable groups. Key dates include the contract signing on 24 January 2025 and service commencement on 1 April 2025. The re-commissioned Community Rehabilitation Service offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in health and social care services, particularly those with experience in addiction recovery programs.

Enterprises capable of delivering community-based intensive rehabilitation and support services tailored to vulnerable adults, children, and families affected by substance misuse may find this tender an excellent match. This initiative will engage multiple sectors including healthcare, youth offending, police, probation, prison services, and independent recovery-focused bodies, underscoring the need for collaborative, multi-disciplinary responses to the outlined community needs. The selected provider, The Forward Trust, was chosen for its alignment with these objectives, having met the prerequisite selection criteria.

Notice Description

Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Community Rehabilitation Service to deliver a community based intensive rehabilitation programme. This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of PS4,500,000. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030.

The service contributes to a number of commitments within ECC's four-year plan, Everyone's Essex, notably to support healthy lifestyles and level up health. The service has a significant impact on the Council's commitment to promoting health, care and wellbeing for all the parts of our population who need our support, including vulnerable adults, children and families. Essex County Council has also been greatly influenced by the Think Family initiative and has built on this by ensuring that all its commissioned services offer and/or provide support services to whole families where they are affected by someone else's drug and/or alcohol misuse.

The service provided will form the core part of a county-wide health, adult and young people's social care, youth offending, police, probation, prison and independent sector recovery-based response to substance misuse in Essex.

Lot Information1 Lot
1Untitled Lot
Cancelled

Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Community Rehabilitation Service to deliver a community based intensive rehabilitation programme. This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of PS4,499,976. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The service contributes to a number of commitments within ECC's four-year plan, Everyone's Essex, notably to support healthy lifestyles and level up health. The service has a significant impact on the Council's commitment to promoting health, care and wellbeing for all the parts of our population who need our support, including vulnerable adults, children and families. Essex County Council has also been greatly influenced by the Think Family initiative and has built on this by ensuring that all its commissioned services offer and/or provide support services to whole families where they are affected by someone else's drug and/or alcohol misuse. The service provided will form the core part of a county-wide health, adult and young people's social care, youth offending, police, probation, prison and independent sector recovery-based response to substance misuse in Essex.

Procurement Classification

Notice type, method, and CPV codes

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-047a68
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Awardee Scale
Large
Current Stage
Award

Contract Values

Financial information and value estimates

Tender Value
£6,300,000
Lots Value
£6,300,000
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£4,499,976

The contract period is five years.

Key Dates

Publication, submission, and award timeline

Tender

25 Oct 2024 at 19:31

Tender Notice

Notice Status

Current status of tender, lots, awards, and contracts

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority

Buyer organisation and contact details

ECC
ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Services
Contact Name
Mr Rizwan Sher
Phone
+44 333
CHELMSFORD
CM1 1QH
East
England
TLH3 Essex

Awarded Supplier

Supplier who was awarded this contract

TF
THE FORWARD TRUSTAwarded
Large
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Number of Suppliers
1
Awards Value
Not specified

Documents & Links

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Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
OCDS RecordID: ocds-h6vhtk-047a68

The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector.

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