Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Bristol City Council
Bristol City Council, P O Box 3176
BRISTOL
BS3 9FS
UK
Contact person: User Saffron Nicholls
Telephone: +44 0
E-mail: Saffron.Nicholls@bristol.gov.uk
NUTS: UKK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.bristol.gov.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
PEP/PH Substance Use Treatment Services
Reference number: PEP/PH Substance Use Treatment Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312500
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Open future opportunity - This means that the buyer is not yet ready to invite bid applications, but early notification has been provided.
Bristol City Council expect to release this tender late August, currently expected 23/08/2024
Local Authorities are responsible for commissioning substance use treatment services as part of their public health responsibilities.
Our current services have been in place since 2018 and are expected to be replaced by newly commissioned services in April 2025.
Estimated contract term: 5 years plus 2 years, plus 2 years.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
59 546 061.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Bristol City Council (BCC) commissions a range of inpatient and community substance use early engagement, treatment, and support services, currently provided by Recovery Orientated Alcohol and Drugs Service (ROADS) and Children and Young Peoples Early Intervention Service
BCC Substance use services are funded through the public health grant. There is potential that BCC may receive additional funding through the Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment grant, to fund additional substance use projects and interventions in alignment with our local drug strategy. In this case, BCC reserves the right to award any supplementary funding to the most appropriate provider.
Our vision is to recommission a specialist alcohol and other drug early intervention, treatment and recovery system for children, young people, adults which is person centred, preventative, inclusive, innovative, and aspirational.
We will be holding an online bidder’s event on Wednesday 28th August at 10am-11am, to present an overview of the Substance Use tender and the process for submitting bids. This date is based on the expected tender release date of Friday 23rd August and could be subject to change. The tender documentation will provide further information on how to register interest to attend this event.
Any updates to this expected timeline will be shared as soon as possible.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
59 546 061.00
GBP
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
10/01/2025
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) Contract Notice. The awarding of this contract is subject to the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply to this award.
The opportunity will be advertised on ProContract, suppliers should also register on Bristol City Council e-procurement portal if you have not already done so. The opportunity will be advertised on ProContract, suppliers should also register on Bristol City Council e-procurement portal if you have not already done so. Responses will be submitted electronically through the opportunity which will contain the tender documents and also a response function to submit responses to the required questions will be available.
This can be done by going to Supplier registration https://procontract.due-north.com/Register
When the tender submission window is open any supplier may join the competition and all supplier bids will be evaluated on the same basis.
Bid evaluation will consist of 2 stages; Stage 1 Selection criteria and Stage 2 Award criteria.
All bidders must pass the minimum Stage 1 criteria, based on the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and the council’s requirements as stated within the tender documents, before the council is able to consider Stage 2 of the evaluation process.
The stage 2 award criteria will consist of a weighted evaluation structure which reflect the key criteria as follows;
Quality and innovation
Value
Integration, collaboration and service sustainability
Improving Access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice
Social value
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/08/2024