INVITATION – EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
GLOUCESTERSHIRE DRUG
AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT
& RECOVERY SERVICES
NHS Gloucestershire (Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust) as lead commissioner and
current host of the Gloucestershire Drug and Alcohol Team (DAAT) invite expressions of
interest from suitable and experienced service providers for the provision of Adult
Community Drug and Alcohol Services throughout the County of Gloucestershire serving
a population of approximately 593,500 residents and also for the provision of Prison Drug
and Alcohol Treatment Services at HMP Gloucester.
Gloucestershire’s Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) currently commission Adult
Substance Misuse Treatment services (including both drug and alcohol and treatment
services) on behalf of Gloucestershire Stronger Safer Justice Commission (GSSJC). This
partnership is the accountable body for the DAAT and is a multi agency strategic
partnership for Gloucestershire.
PROVISION OF COMMUNITY DRUG AND ALCOHOL
TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES
Commissioning intentions are for a new design of a recovery focussed, outcome based,
integrated, comprehensive Drug and Alcohol treatment and recovery system for
Gloucestershire. The contract is expected to be for a period of 3 years with an option to
extend for two further periods, each of twelve months duration by mutual agreement
with the Provider from the date of contract award.
The following services are presently included in this procurement and providers will ensure
seamless and accessible pathways for service users. Please note the list below is purely
indicative and full details relating to services required will be provided at the Invitation to
Tender (ITT) stage.
•
‘Tier 2’ Harm Reduction, low threshold, needle exchange, etc
• Community Alcohol services
•
‘Tier 3’ Structured clinical prescribing
• Psychosocial interventions
• Recovery oriented, reintegration ‘wrap around’ services including
floating support and accommodation based
• Community Criminal Justice Services (DIP and DRR)
• Abstinence based services
•
Inpatient services
• Aftercare.
The resources, range and depth of skills needed to provide the services are such that it is
the expectation of NHS Gloucestershire that organisations will collaborate to form a
consortium in order to bid, with a lead organisation becoming themain contracting party
with the Trust. However, this does not preclude a single provider bidder offering all the
resources and services.
NHS Gloucestershire reserve the right to require groupings of contractors to take a
particular legal form or to require a single contractor to take primary liability or to require
that each party undertakes joint and several liability.
PROVISIONOFDRUGANDALCOHOLTREATMENTAND
RECOVERY SERVICESWITHIN HMP GLOUCESTER
A new integrated Drug and Alcohol Service will be provided according to the needs of the
prisoners at HMP Gloucester. The new service will incorporate clinical and psychosocial
service (previously IDTS clinical and CARATS). The contract is expected to be for a period
of 3 years with an option to extend for two further periods, each of twelve months
duration by mutual agreement with the Provider from the date of contract award.
Key elements will include:
• Recovery oriented clinical treatment including harm minimisation and
prescribed interventions
• Evidence based individual and group psychosocial interventions
• End to end planning and casemanagement between the prison and the
community.
Please note the list above is purely indicative and full details relating to services required
will be provided at the Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage.
A Memorandum of Information and Pre-Qualification Questionnaire relating to this
procurement is available from NHS Gloucestershire. To obtain a copy, please e-mail:
paul.wilkinson@glos.nhs.uk.
The closing date for expressions of interest is 5pm on Tuesday 12 June 2012.
The closing date for submission of Pre-QualificationQuestionnaires is 12.00noon on Friday
22 June 2012. Suitable candidates will then be requested to submit formal tenders. It is
anticipated that the service will commence in April 2013.
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TENDER EVENT
SWINDON DRUG TREATMENT
AND RECOVERY SERVICE
TENDERMARKETING EVENT
Swindon Borough Council Drug and Alcohol Action Team invite
potential service providers to attend a suppliers engagement
event, where plans to re-commission a Borough wide Drug
Treatment and Recovery Service will be outlined.
The event will be held on
Friday May 25th 2012, 14:00 – 15:30
Committee Room 6, Swindon Civic Offices,
Euclid Street, Swindon, Wiltshire SN1 2JH
This event is an opportunity to inform service providers of our
competitive tendering intentions and for commissioners to
gauge potential provider interest, take views and answer
questions. More details of the procurement model and scope
of services will be given at this event.
To confirm your attendance, please send an email
containing your contact details to: Mussah Dube-Manungo,
Mdube-Manungo@swindon.gov.uk (01793 466506) byMay 18th.
Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis and
your booking will be confirmed upon receipt. We are limited
to a maximum of two representatives per potential provider
organisation.
If you wish to discuss the content of the event prior to
May 25th, please contact Chris Stickler, Strategic Manager
SubstanceMisuse on 01793 466066 or cstickler@swindon.gov.uk