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Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention - PSR Direct Award Process C

Blackpool Council · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 00:49.

Opportunity overview

Provision of Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention - PSR Direct Award Process C. 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 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The supplier was notified in March 2025. The contract will run from 1st April 2025 - 31st March 2026 with the option to extend up to 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 years, subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability.

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.

Empowerment Charity Lancashire

Match pending…
Contract value
£745.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
30 Mar 2025
Award ID
020622-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Blackpool, UKD42, FY2 0HH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

  • Provision of Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention - PSR Direct Award Process C to Empowerment Charity Lancashire 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 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The supplier was notified in March 2025. The Lived Experience Team are a group of peer mentors and navigators who have lived experience of living with multiple disadvantage and are considered to be “experts by experience”. They use their shared experience to develop trusting relationships and give effective support, which allows trust to be built alongside services leading to improvements in multiple aspects of life. One of their key functions is to support those people furthest away from entering structured treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction and supporting them into treatment services.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
DN773068
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
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
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 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award.

Covered By

GPA

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Label
Description of the Procurement
Section
1.2.4

New Value

Text
Provision of Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention It is Blackpool Councils intension to award a Services Agreement to Empowerment Charity Lancashire who is the existing provider following PSR direct award process C. The life time value is approx. £3,728,000 It is anticipated that the Agreement will run from 1st April 2025 to 31st March 2026 (with the option to incrementally extend up to 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 years subject to satisfactory contract review and budget availability) Award Criteria - as the existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard weighting 100.

Old Value

Text
Provision of Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention It is Blackpool Councils intension to award a Services Agreement to Empowerment Charity Lancashire who is the existing provider following direct award process.

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Tender Period

Ends
30 Apr 2025, 12:00

Classification

Id
85100000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Health services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
Provision of Lived Experience and Recovery Support – Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Prevention - PSR Direct Award Process C to Empowerment Charity Lancashire 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 and Procurement Act 2023 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using direct award process C. The supplier was notified in March 2025. The Lived Experience Team are a group of peer mentors and navigators who have lived experience of living with multiple disadvantage and are considered to be “experts by experience”. They use their shared experience to develop trusting relationships and give effective support, which allows trust to be built alongside services leading to improvements in multiple aspects of life. One of their key functions is to support those people furthest away from entering structured treatment for drugs and alcohol addiction and supporting them into treatment services.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Value
Type
cost
Description
20
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
cost
Description
10
Criterion 3
Name
Improving access, reducing health inequalities, and facilitating choice
Type
cost
Description
30
Criterion 4
Name
Integration, collaboration and service sustainability
Type
cost
Description
25
Criterion 5
Name
Quality and innovation
Type
cost
Description
15

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
UKD42
Entry 2
Region
UKD42

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-727
Name
Blackpool Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD42
Locality
Blackpool
Postal Code
FY1 1NA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
PO Box 4

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
Blackpool Council

Contact

Name
Mrs Helen Thompson
Telephone
+44 1253478760
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-1656
Name
Royal Court of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Royal Court of Justice
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-147450
Name
Empowerment Charity Lancashire

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD42
Locality
Blackpool
Postal Code
FY2 0HH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
333 Bispham Road

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Empowerment Charity Lancashire
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-11744
Name
The Royal Court of Justice

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
The Royal Court of Justice

Award information

Award 1
Id
020622-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-147450
Name
Empowerment Charity Lancashire

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
020622-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
020622-2025-1
Date Signed
31 Mar 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
745,695
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Blackpool · UKD42 · FY1 1NA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD42

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05098e-2025-05-12T16:33:52+01:00compiled ·