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Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS)

Essex County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS). This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,643,975. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) has been delivered in Essex since 2019. The aim of the Service is to provide community based psychosocial interventions for those individuals with alcohol misuse issues, ensuring the service is safe and appropriate and in line with current local and national guidelines. The provider will work with service users to help them achieve their personal recovery goals and outcomes. The service will also provide direct support and expertise within various acute hospital sites, working jointly with the alcohol liaison nurses to engage with and support those admitted to hospital with alcohol related problems, or where alcohol has been identified as a problem once admitted.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Open Road Solutions

Match pending…
Shared contract value
£4.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
24 Jan 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
002622-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Colchester, UKH3, CO1 1DZ, United Kingdom

The Children’s Society (Services) Limited

Matched by normalised name
Shared contract value
£4.6m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
24 Jan 2025
Suppliers
One of 2 awarded suppliers
Award ID
002622-2025-1
Status
active
Location
London, UKH3, EC1Y 8ST, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85300000 — Social work and related services
  • CPV85100000 — Health services
  • CPVS85100000-AA01 — Metal

Lots

  • Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS). This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,643,975. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) has been delivered in Essex since 2019. The aim of the Service is to provide community based psychosocial interventions for those individuals with alcohol misuse issues, ensuring the service is safe and appropriate and in line with current local and national guidelines. The provider will work with service users to help them achieve their personal recovery goals and outcomes. The service will also provide direct support and expertise within various acute hospital sites, working jointly with the alcohol liaison nurses to engage with and support those admitted to hospital with alcohol related problems, or where alcohol has been identified as a problem once admitted.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN749367
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
VI.3

New Value

Text
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) confirmation of contract award notice. This contract has been awarded under 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. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process. Date of contract award: 17 February 2025 Date of service: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030 Lifetime value of contract: £4,598,190

Old Value

Text
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 standstill period begins on the day after the publication of this notice. Representations by providers must be made to the authority by 5 February 2025. 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. Representations can be sent in writing to: rizwan.sher@essex.gov.uk Award decision makers: Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health and Integration in consultation with the Head of Public Health and Wellbeing There were no declared conflicts of interest by any of the decision makers and evaluators during this procurement. The chosen provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria and basic selection criteria.

Bid Opening

Date
27 Nov 2024, 12:00
Description
The commercial officer will conduct the opening process via the functionality within the Council's e-sourcing portal, ProContract. No postal responses or any submissions which are issued outside the electronic portal will be accepted.

Address

Street Address
Electronically via ProContract

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
27 Nov 2024, 12:00

Tender Period

Ends
27 Nov 2024, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
31 Oct 2024, 00:00

Classification

Id
85300000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Social work and related services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
suitability
Description
Bidders are advised to refer to the Basic Selection Criteria questionnaire within the tender documents for suitability criteria to pursue this activity.

Applies To

supplier

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85100000-AA01
Scheme
CPVS
Description
Metal

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS). This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,643,975. This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030. The Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) has been delivered in Essex since 2019. The aim of the Service is to provide community based psychosocial interventions for those individuals with alcohol misuse issues, ensuring the service is safe and appropriate and in line with current local and national guidelines. The provider will work with service users to help them achieve their personal recovery goals and outcomes. The service will also provide direct support and expertise within various acute hospital sites, working jointly with the alcohol liaison nurses to engage with and support those admitted to hospital with alcohol related problems, or where alcohol has been identified as a problem once admitted.

Renewal

Description
Extension period of up to 2 years.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents.
Type
quality
Description
95
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
5

Contract period

Ends
31 Mar 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH3
Entry 2
Region
UKH3
Entry 3
Region
UKH3
Entry 4
Region
UKH3

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-4622
Name
Essex County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Chelmsford
Postal Code
CM1 1QH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Market Road

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Regional or local authority
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Essex County Council

Contact

Name
Mr Rizwan Sher
Telephone
+44 333
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-3523
Name
Essex County Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Chelmsford
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Essex County Council
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-136330
Name
Open Road Solutions

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
Colchester
Postal Code
CO1 1DZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
12 North Hill

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
Open Road Solutions
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-136331
Name
The Children’s Society (Services) Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKH3
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC1Y 8ST
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Whitecross Studios, 50 Banner St

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
The Children’s Society (Services) Limited

Award information

Award 1
Id
002622-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-136330
Name
Open Road Solutions
Supplier 2
Id
GB-FTS-136331
Name
The Children’s Society (Services) Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
002622-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
002622-2025-1
Date Signed
24 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
4,598,190
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Chelmsford · UKH3 · CM1 1QH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH3

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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