Contract Award: Adult Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service in Liverpool

Contract

Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Service - Adults

• Liverpool City Council F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-028777

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04eafb

Published 27 March 2026, 5:46pm

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one. Contracting authority Press escape key to exit two. Object four. Procedure five. Award of contract six. Complementary information

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• Copy link Print this notice Report concerns about this procurement ## Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Liverpool City Council

Cunard Building

Liverpool

L31DS

Contact

Marlon Roy

Email

marlon.roy@liverpool.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD72 - Liverpool

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://liverpool.gov.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services

Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment Service - Adults

Reference number

DN766771

two.1.2) Main CPV code

Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The scope of this contract includes provision of a high intensity residential treatment (also known as residential rehabilitation) in a drug and alcohol-free environment for individuals with a medium to high dependency on alcohol or other drugs who have complex problems related to their drug and/or alcohol use, and who are aged 18 years or over and a Liverpool resident.

Liverpool City Council intend to award a contract, following a competitive procurement process.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £889,932

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

• UKD72 - Liverpool

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The scope of this contract includes provision of a high intensity residential treatment (also known as residential rehabilitation) in a drug and alcohol-free environment for individuals with a medium to high dependency on alcohol or other drugs who have complex problems related to their drug and/or alcohol use, and who are aged 18 years or over and a Liverpool resident.

Liverpool City Council (LCC) ran a competitive process under the Provider Selection Regime (PSR). This notice is an intention to award a contract under the competitive process. The approximate lifetime of this contract is 33 months (inclusive of a 12 month extension). This is an existing service with an existing provider to be delivered between 1 July 2026 and 31 March 2028

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Option of a 12 month extension.

two.2.14) Additional information

The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents

Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2025/S 000-081159

Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 March 2026

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

City of Liverpool Young Men's Christian Association (Inc.) T/A YMCA Together

Liverpool

L3 6HU

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

• UKD72 - Liverpool

Companies House

00560870

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £889,932

Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award 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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 9th April 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.'

Written representations should be sent to commercialprocurement@liverpool.gov.uk for

the attention of the Head of Procurement and Contracts or by post or by post to Head of Procurement and Contracts, Commercial Procurement Unit, Liverpool City Council, Cunard

Building, Water Street, Liverpool L3 1AH. (It is advised to use a signed for delivery service)

Award decision maker is The Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health

There were no declared conflict or potential conflicts of interest in making this decision.

The Relative Importance of the Key Criteria

Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice (30%) - Rank 1

The service has a positive shared ambition locally to have an accessible, high quality, effective, person-centred integrated drug and alcohol recovery-oriented system of care. Additionally, a key principle of the service is for service users to have clear access to residential treatment on an equitable basis.

Quality and Innovation (25%) - Rank 2

The service specification is not intended to be prescriptive and as a result is seeking a provider to innovate and drive evidenced based practice, using a local multidisciplinary approach to support clinical decisions about access to residential treatment. There is significant evidence that effective, high-quality drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services play an essential role in preventing harm, improving health, and reducing health inequalities, while also supporting improvements across a range of outcomes for all in society.

Value (20%) - Rank 3

Value for money is a key consideration, given the monetary budget available to deliver a quality service that is fit for purpose and meets the needs of local service users.

Integration, collaboration, and service sustainability (15%) - Rank 4

In 2021 the Government published From Harm to Hope: A 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives. It was the official response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepted all her key recommendations.

The national strategy acknowledges systemic problems and emphasises the importance of better integrated services to deliver on the priority of becoming a world-class treatment and recovery system. It recommends that local authorities consider the integration of their own commissioned offers, within wider system collaboration, such as mental and physical health and criminal justice pathways. In addition, the strategy announced a new commissioning quality standard, intended to improve transparency and accountability.

Social Value (10%) - Rank 5

Social Value indicators based on supporting growth of responsible regional business and supporting healthier, safer and more resilient communities is part of the objectives of the service, for the provider to facilitate in delivering the contract.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel

London

Email

england.procurementpanelinfo@nhs.net

Country

United Kingdom