2425-0609 Integrated Adult Community Drug and Alcohol Service

Competitive Process under Provider Selection Regime  

Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers for the above. 

The requirement  

The council seeks to award a contract to deliver treatment and recovery support for adults aged 18 and over who live in Islington and have drug and/or alcohol‑related treatment and support needs. The council requires one provider to deliver this service.  

The service must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and will be subject to CQC regulation and inspection.  

Service model 

The service will deliver a comprehensive, integrated drug and alcohol treatment system, including:  

• evidence‑based treatment and recovery support: delivery of safe, effective and evidence‑based interventions in line with national guidance, including the UK Clinical Guidelines on Drug Misuse and Dependence, National Alcohol Treatment guidance and NICE recommendations. This will include, as a non‑exhaustive list, psychosocial interventions, prescribing and pharmacological treatment, harm reduction, opioid substitution therapy, community‑based and inpatient detoxification, residential rehabilitation pathways, and support for people with harmful alcohol use, as set out in further detail in the Service Specification.  
• integrated and coordinated care: coordination of care across partner services, including health, criminal justice, community safety, housing, social care and other relevant statutory and voluntary sector organisations, to ensure people receive timely, joined‑up support.  
• recovery, inclusion and peer support: interventions that promote long‑term recovery, social inclusion and access to peer support, helping people achieve and sustain positive outcomes.  
• workforce development and system leadership: provision of training, advice and specialist support to staff and volunteers across statutory and voluntary sector services, strengthening local capacity to respond effectively and safely to drug and alcohol‑related need.   

Lots  

This services contract is not being divided in to lots.    

Further details will be provided in the invitation to tender.  

Contract period  

The duration will be 66 months from an estimated start date of 01 October 2026 (Initial 6 months is a mobilisation period and service go live will be 01 April 2027) with options to extend for a period of up to maximum 48 months. Therefore the maximum permissible period for the contract is up to 114 months.    

Value of the contract  

The estimated maximum total value of this contract is £63,745,813 over the maximum period of 114 months.   

Award criteria 

In accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 submissions will be assessed against the following key criteria: 

• 32% - Quality and innovation 
• 20% - Value 
• 20% - Integration, collaboration and service sustainability  
• 12% - Improving access, reducing health inequalities and facilitating choice  
• 16% - Social value  

Further details will be provided in the invitation to tender.   

Procurement process  

The procurement will be conducted using the competitive process in accordance with the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The contract will be concluded using a one stage procedure.  

The one stage procedure means that all providers who successfully express an interest will be invited to tender and have access to the tender documents. Those who submit a tender and meet the minimum selection criteria will have their full tender evaluated.   

How to express an interest  

If you wish to apply for this contract opportunity please follow these steps:  

• register your organisation free of charge via the London Tenders Portal. 
• when you receive an email confirming your username and password use these to log on to the London Tenders Portal and express your interest in 2425-0609 Integrated Adult Community Drug and Alcohol Service; category 85100000 : Health services. 
• shortly after you have expressed interest, you will receive a second email containing a link to access the procurement documents.   

Deadlines  

The deadline for expressions of interest is: 11.59am 12 June 2026 

The deadline for submission of Tender documents is: 12noon 12 June 2026 

Late submissions may not be accepted.   

Additional information  

• Islington Council and its partners are committed to work towards a ‘Fairer Islington’, for more information see Islington Together 2030.   
• Islington Council aims to provide equality of opportunity and welcomes applicants who meet the qualitative selection criteria from black and minority ethnic communities and disabled groups.   
• The council encourages all types of organisation who meet the qualitative selection criteria including Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations, Social Enterprises or not for profit enterprises and small to medium enterprises (SME) to tender.
• All questions relating to this contract should be raised via the messages section of the relevant contract on the London Tenders Portal.  Please do not contact any officer of the council directly.  
• As part of a commitment to transparency the council is now publishing all spend over £500 each month. This includes spend on contracts, so the successful contractor should expect details of spend against the contract to appear on the council website under council spending. The council is also committed to publishing tender and contract documentation after contract award stage. Commercially sensitive information will be redacted from documentation. What constitutes commercially sensitive information is a matter for the council’s sole discretion. However, tenderers will be invited to identify information they consider to be commercially sensitive in their tender return and this will be taken into account in the council forming a view.
• In accordance with the Procurement Regulations 2024, please note that for contracts with an estimated value of more than £5 million, the council will publish in the Contract Award Notice the name of each supplier that submitted a tender which was assessed for the purposes of determining the most advantageous tender and was not awarded the contract.