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Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Contract

Norfolk County Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 12:45.

Opportunity overview

This notice is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality.

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.

Change Grow Live Services Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£71m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
7 Nov 2025
Award ID
073436-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 06228752
Location
Brighton BN1 1GE, UKJ21, BN1 1GE, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85323000 — Community health services

Lots

  • This is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process C. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality. Additional information: The value in this notice is the value for 10 years excluding VAT and excluding any fee uplift as per the terms and conditions. The Contract is for 10 years from 1st April 2026 to 31 March 2036.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
NCCT43201
Status
complete
Review Details
Any representations ( as per the Health Care Services ( Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 should be received by midnight on Friday 21st November 2025. This gives time for any provider who might otherwise have been a provider of the services to which the contract relates to make representations; and for the council to consider those representations and respond as appropriate. If following the council's review of its representations a provider wishes to request that the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel considers its representations, then it must submit its request using a pro forma published by the panel within 5 working days of receiving the council's decision.
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The process followed was Direct Award C under the Provider Selection Regime ( award to an existing provider). The term of the existing contract for Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery is due to expire on 31 March 2026 and Norfolk County Council proposes that a new contract is put in place to replace the existing contract at the end of its term. This is not a procurement for a Framework Agreement. The standstill will start on x and will finish on x being 8 working days following the date of publication of this notice. No conflicts of interest were declared for this procurement. The decision makers are:- Assistant Director, Public Health Commissioning and Head of Complex Transactions and Sourcing. A panel from Norfolk County Council was formed to decide whether taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria, whether it was content that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract. The panel assessed amongst other matters, KPI performance and financial performance and concluded that the existing provider is satisfying the original contract to a sufficient standard. Basic selection criteria ( as per Schedule 16 of the Act) was also passed by Change Grow Live. The panel also assessed that the considerable change threshold as defined in the Act had not been met. Norfolk County Council then assessed whether Change Grow Live will likely satisfy the proposed new contract to a sufficient standard. On reviewing Change, Grow, Lives method statements for the proposed new contract, the panel assessed these as good, meeting the material requirements of the specification, evidencing good practice and being detailed and clear about what would be delivered and how. The panel were therefore content that the tests for a Direct Award 1C had been met and that a contract should provisionally be offered to Change Grow Live. The contract is for 10 years.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
1

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
IV.1.1

New Value

Text
The standstill will start on 14th November 2025 and end on midnight on 25th November being 8 working days following the date of publication of this notice.

Old Value

Text
The standstill will start on x and will finish on x being 8 working days following the date of publication of this notice.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
85323000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Community health services

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_REPETITION_EXISTING
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
This is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process C. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality. Additional information: The value in this notice is the value for 10 years excluding VAT and excluding any fee uplift as per the terms and conditions. The Contract is for 10 years from 1st April 2026 to 31 March 2036.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Norfolk

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKH15
Entry 2
Region
UKH16
Entry 3
Region
UKH17

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-143430
Name
Norfolk County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKH15
Locality
Norwich
Postal Code
NR12DH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall, Martineau Lane

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
Norfolk County Council
No Identifier Rationale
notOnAnyRegister

Contact

Name
Sarah Hardy
Telephone
+44 1603223968
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-06228752
Name
Change Grow Live Services Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ21
Locality
Brighton BN1 1GE
Postal Code
BN1 1GE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
North Suite, First Floor, 1 Jubilee Street

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
06228752
Scheme
GB-COH
Legal Name
Change Grow Live Services Limited
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-105855
Name
Independent patient choice and procurement panel

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Independent patient choice and procurement panel

Award information

Award 1
Id
073436-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-06228752
Name
Change Grow Live Services Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
073436-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
073436-2025-1
Date Signed
7 Nov 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
70,991,740
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Norwich · UKH15 · NR12DH · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKH15
  • Delivery location · UKH16
  • Delivery location · UKH17

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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