Awarded· 3 Sept 2025
North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service
Wrexham County Borough Council · Wrexham, Wales
Wrexham County Borough Council has awarded North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wrexham.
Source: Find a Tender, published 28 Nov 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Contract awarded
Adferiad Recovery
2025
Award notice published
UK5 - Transparency Notice · 15:19
View notice2025
Award notice published
UK6 - Contract Award Notice · 15:58
View notice2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 13:54
View notice2026
Contract starts
Next
2028
Contract ends
3 years after it starts
About this tender
In brief
Wrexham County Borough Council has awarded North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service. It is a contract for other health and social care in Wrexham. The contract went to Adferiad Recovery. It was awarded on 3 September 2025. The contract value is £312,000. The contract runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028. It lasts 3 years.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The buyer marks it as suitable for VCSEs. Find a Tender published it on 28 November 2025. The notice number is 078103-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05d103.
Summary of the contracting process
Wrexham County Borough Council has completed the procurement process for the "North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service," falling under the category of rehabilitation services. This initiative, linked to the Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales regulations 2024), focuses on delivering educational programmes such as "Don't Touch Tell" and "Don't Drink Think" across various school stages in North Wales.
With the process tagged as a direct award, Wrexham County Borough Council bypassed prior publication of a competition, directly awarding the contract to Adferiad Recovery on 25th November 2025. The service will be active from the start of 2026, covering several regions, including UKL11, UKL12, UKL23, and UKL13, with a project value of £312,000 over the initial contract period.
Large organisations with proven experience in delivering comprehensive educational programmes across multiple school settings are well-positioned for such contracts.
The notice in full
North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
Direct Award 2 under Health Service Procurement (Wales) Act 2024 Health Services (Provider Selection Regime) (Wales regulations 2024) North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service is made up of the following: Don't Touch Tell (DTT) is an educational programme for juniors and infants in Primary Schools across North Wales (key stage 1 and 2).
Current performances of Don't Touch Tell (DTT) incorporates a broad life skills approach, empowering young people to make responsible, well-informed decisions about a range of substances. Don't Drink Think (DDT) relate to alcohol related harms in young people whilst educating them to make well-informed choices.
A secondary school aged educational programme (key stage 3) will also be developed and delivered to secondary schools across North Wales, reinforcing the above messages in an age appropriate way.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2028 (3 years)
- Suitable for
- Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs)
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- Adferiad Recovery
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement method
- Limited
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Current stage
- Award
- Stages so far
- Award
- Published on
- Find a Tender Service
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Buyer's portal
- Sell2Wales
Values
- Awards value
- £312,000
- Contracts value
- £312,000
Not stated in the notice: tender value, lots value.
Status
- Tender
- Complete
- Lots
- Cancelled
- Awards
- Active
- Contracts
- Active
References
- Find a Tender notice
- 078103-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d103
- CPV code
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Wrexham
- Town
- Llandudno
- Postcode
- LL11 1AR
- Electoral ward
- Grosvenor
- Constituency
- Wrexham
- Delivery area
- Isle of Anglesey, TLL12 Gwynedd, TLL13 Conwy and Denbighshire, TLL23 Flintshire and Wrexham
- Region
- Wales
- Sub-region
- Flintshire and Wrexham
- Area
- North Wales
- Country
- Wales
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Wrexham County Borough Council
- Category
- Services
- Address
- Wrexham, LL11 1AR · Wales · Wales
Not stated in the notice: contact, phone.
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- Adferiad Recovery
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- £312,000
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
- Contract award notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067974-2025
- Transparency notice on Find a Tenderfind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067225-2025
- Legislation.gov.uklegislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- Sell2Wales portal, to register and bidsell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx
- Latest noticefind-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078103-2025
- OCDS record ocds-h6vhtk-05d103 (JSON)find-tender.service.gov.uk/api/1.0/ocdsReleasePackages/ocds-h…
Questions about North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service
Who won the North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service contract?
Wrexham County Borough Council awarded the contract to Adferiad Recovery on 3 September 2025. It is due to end on 31 December 2028, which is when a re-tender would normally follow.
How much is the North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service contract worth?
The contract value is £312,000. The contract runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028 (3 years).
Who is the buyer for North Wales School Aged Drug and Alcohol Education Service?
Wrexham County Borough Council, based in Wrexham, Wales.
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