Coming up· published 3 Apr 2025
Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event
Peterborough City Council · Peterborough, East
Peterborough City Council is planning Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event. It is a contract for other health and social care in Peterborough.
Source: Contracts Finder, published 3 Apr 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Pipeline notice published
Planned Procurement Notice · 10:55
View notice2025
Tender notice expected
Date given in the buyer's earlier notice
2026
Contract starts
Next
2031
Contract ends
5 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Peterborough City Council is planning Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event. It is a contract for other health and social care in Peterborough. The buyer has published an early notice. It gives providers time to prepare before the tender opens. The estimated value is £19,000,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2031. It lasts 5 years.
The buyer marks it as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs. Contracts Finder published it on 3 April 2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-b5fd17-9cd84274-cacd-4e46-b1c9-a7b2993ed510.
Summary of the contracting process
Peterborough City Council is planning a procurement process for drug and alcohol services, under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. This initiative, labelled "Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event," falls under the community health services industry category and will take place in Peterborough, England. Currently at the planning stage, the process includes a budget of £19,000,000, spanning from 1st April 2026 to 31st March 2031.
Interested parties are invited to attend an early engagement event: an in-person session on 29th April 2025 from noon to 1:30 PM at Sand Martin House, Bittern Road, Peterborough, and a virtual session via Teams on 9th May 2025 from 11:30 AM to 1 PM. Feedback from these sessions will be incorporated before the formal invitation to tender is issued.
Suitable for SMEs and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), the project seeks providers capable of delivering early intervention measures, treatment, recovery services, and a holistic life skills offer for both adults and young people.
The notice in full
Peterborough City Council will shortly be conducting a Competitive Process under the The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 and will be recommissioning substance use services within the City and will be delivering two sessions (one face to face and one via Teams) to give an overview of our needs assessment and the proposed service model to Providers.
There will be three specifications discussed at these events; 1) Core Service Specification Providers will be expected to deliver early intervention measures, as well as a treatment and recovery offer across the City, focusing on a strength based, person centred model where treatment outcomes are paramount.
2)Lived Experience Recovery Organisation Model The Council has an ambition to develop a Substance Misuse Lived Experience Recovery Organisation in Peterborough that is independent of the core service provision and would like to discuss proposals around this 3)Life Skills Specification Providers will be expected to deliver an offer that focusses on holistic and wrap around skills and support needed to sustain treatment outcomes.
The proposed models will incorporate Adults, Children and Young People and will be expected to work in partnership with primary care settings, education, statutory partners, voluntary and faith sectors among others. Substance Use Commissioners welcome the opportunity to discuss the proposed priorities with Providers to gain their feedback prior to an Invitation to Tender being issued.
The face to face event will be held on 29th April 2025 from Noon to 1.30pm to be held in Sand Martin House, Bittern Road, Peterborough, PE2 8TY.
The teams event will be held on Friday 9th May 2025 from 11.30am to 1pm If you wish to attend please register your interest and message via the messaging function advising which session you would like to attend and the names of attendees. If you wish to attend the virtual event please also provide email addresses for each attendee to facilitate the link being provided.
Lots: no lot details came through with this notice. The official notice and the tender pack have the full breakdown.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Contract period
- 31 Mar 2026 to 31 Mar 2031 (5 years)
- Suitable for
- Small and medium sized businesses (SMEs); Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
Not stated in the notice: category.
Procedure
- Notice type
- Planned Procurement Notice
- Current stage
- Planning
- Stages so far
- Planning
- Published on
- Contracts Finder
Not stated in the notice: procurement method, awardee scale.
Values
- Tender value
- £19,000,000
Not stated in the notice: lots value, awards value, contracts value.
Status
- Tender
- Planned
Not stated in the notice: lots, awards, contracts.
References
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9cd84274-cacd-4e46-b1c9-a7b2993ed510
- CPV code
- 85323000 - Community health services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Peterborough
- Town
- Peterborough
- Postcode
- PE2 8TY
- Electoral ward
- Fletton and Stanground
- Constituency
- North West Cambridgeshire
- Delivery area
- North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
- Region
- East
- Sub-region
- Peterborough
- Area
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Country
- England
Buyer
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Peterborough City Council
- Contact
- Jan Thistleton
- Phone
- +44 1733864553
- Address
- Peterborough, PE2 8TY · East · England
Not stated in the notice: category.
Documents and links
- Future opportunity notice on Contracts Findercontractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ec29a9ed-70fd-4d86-a4e8…
- Peterborough.gov.ukpeterborough.gov.uk/business/supplying-the-council/supply-opp…
- OCDS record ocds-b5fd17-9cd84274-cacd-4e46-b1c9-a7b2993ed510 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-b…
Questions about Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event
When will the Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event tender open?
Peterborough City Council has not yet given a date for the tender notice. An early notice is the time to answer any market engagement questions and gather the evidence a bid will need.
How much is the Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event contract worth?
The estimated value is £19,000,000. The contract runs from 31 March 2026 to 31 March 2031 (5 years).
Who is the buyer for Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event?
Peterborough City Council, based in Peterborough, East. The named contact is Jan Thistleton, on +44 1733864553.
How do I bid for Drug and Alcohol Services Early Engagement Event?
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