Awarded· 16 Dec 2025
Substance Use Care Pathways
Bristol City Council · Bristol, City of, South West
Bristol City Council has awarded Substance Use Care Pathways. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bristol, City of.
Source: Find a Tender, published 16 Dec 2025. Details are refreshed every 30 minutes.
Key dates
2025
Award notice published
Award Notice · 15:22
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About this tender
In brief
Bristol City Council has awarded Substance Use Care Pathways. It is a contract for other health and social care in Bristol, City of. The contract went to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust. It was awarded on 16 December 2025. The contract value is £189,340.
It is run as an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Find a Tender published it on 16 December 2025. The notice number is 083474-2025. The OCDS ID is ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f7.
Summary of the contracting process
The procurement process overseen by Bristol City Council involves the direct award of a contract titled "Substance Use Care Pathways" in the rehabilitation services sector, specifically targeting substance misuse. The contract, valued at £189,340, was signed on 16 December 2025, awarding it to the University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust.
This initiative aims to extend existing services that assist substance use service users attending the hospital for both emergency treatment and planned stays. The procurement method utilised was the award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, adhering to the PSR 2023 regulations, given it was deemed outside the directive's scope. The process was conducted with limited competition in the South West region, specifically in Bristol.
While the procurement method was limited to a direct award due to specific regulatory conditions, this contract exemplifies a strong demand in the healthcare sector, particularly for pathways managing substance use cases.
The notice in full
To develop and implement pathways for substance use service users who attend the hospital for emergency treatment and planned stays.
Lots (1)
- 01
Lot 1Cancelled
The criteria of the service fits within the defined category area of CPV code 85312500-4 "Rehabilitation services, but only insofar as such services are provided to individuals to tackle substance misuse or for the rehabilitation of the mental or physical health of individuals", this states that the criteria of services provided for this contract fall within schedule 1 of PSR 2023 regulations, and as such this contract can be awarded under PSR 2023 regulations.
UHBW currently delivers dedicated capacity to develop and implement pathways for substance use service users who attend the hospital for emergency treatment. They have been delivering an extended service from previous years, we will to continue with this extended service from the DATRIG grant that has superseded these for 2025/26.
They are the only capable provider of the service BECAUSE we would not be able to split providers to deliver an extension of this current service as this would directly impact the service user in the quality of service they would receive with a disjointed service offer from the main contract and would also not be the most effective use of public funds, we MUST award via "Direct Award Process A" detailed in section 7 of the PSR 2023 regulations.
Section 6 (4) of PSR 2023 states that a contracting authority MUST follow the route to direct award if the following terms have been fulfilled;
(a)the proposed contracting arrangements relate to relevant health care services in respect of which a patient is offered a choice of provider, (b)the number of providers is not restricted by the relevant authority, (c)the relevant authority will offer contracts to all providers to whom an award can be made because they meet all requirements in relation to the provision of the relevant health care services to patients,
(d)the relevant authority has arrangements in place to enable providers to express an interest in providing the relevant health care services, and (e)the procurement is not to conclude a framework agreement, I can confirm that the above requirements are met and as such it is within the bounds of PSR 2023 regulations to directly award this contract to the University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust.
Key facts
Contract
- Service
- Other health and social care
- Procurement type
- Standard
- Category
- Services
- Contract period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Lots
- 1
- Awarded to
- University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust
- Number of suppliers
- 1
Procedure
- Notice type
- 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
Values
- Contracts value
- £189,340
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
- 083474-2025
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f6f7
- CPV code
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services
- CPV division
- 85 - Health and social work services
Location
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Town
- Bristol
- Postcode
- BS3 9FS
- Electoral ward
- Bedminster
- Constituency
- Bristol South
- Delivery area
- South West (England)
- Region
- South West
- Sub-region
- Bristol, City of
- Area
- West of England
- Country
- England
Buyer and supplier
Contracting authority
- Organisation
- Bristol City Council
- Category
- Services
- Contact
- User Luke Connolly
- Phone
- +44 0
- Address
- Bristol, BS3 9FS · South West · England
Awarded supplier
- Supplier
- University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust
- Awardee scale
- Large
- Number of suppliers
- 1
- Awards value
- Not stated
- Company record
- Search Companies House
Documents and links
Questions about Substance Use Care Pathways
Who won the Substance Use Care Pathways contract?
Bristol City Council awarded the contract to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust on 16 December 2025.
How much is the Substance Use Care Pathways contract worth?
The contract value is £189,340.
Who is the buyer for Substance Use Care Pathways?
Bristol City Council, based in Bristol, City of, South West. The named contact is User Luke Connolly, on +44 0.
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