AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council published an award notice for integrated drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery services for adults and young people. Three awards were announced: CHANGE, GROW, LIVE; WE ARE WITH YOU; and BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
Published outcomeThe award notice reports £26,510, - specifically £26,510 - wait
Market significanceThree suppliers were awarded across three lots for delivery in Blackburn with Darwen, with an initial three-year term and a stated option of up to 30 months' extension.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
3 supplier records analysed
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1, 2, 3 · 21174999.52 GBP · Awarded; active award record, with signature scheduled.
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Award 1 names CHANGE, GROW, LIVE as supplier, covers related lots 1, 2 and 3, and states £21,174,999.52.
WE ARE WITH YOU
99% confidenceAward 2 · Lots 2 · 3052500 GBP · Awarded; active award record, with signature scheduled.
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Award 2 names WE ARE WITH YOU as supplier, covers lot 2, and states £3,052,500.
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
99% confidenceAward 3 · Lots 3 · 2282500 GBP · Awarded; active award record, with signature scheduled.
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Award 3 names BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE as supplier, covers lot 3, and states £2,282,500.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Current procurement status
94% confidenceAward notice published; awards are recorded as active.
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Find a Tender UK6 contract award notice 096485-2026 was published 13 October 2026. All three award records have status 'active'.
Signature status
98% confidenceNot confirmed; future signature is scheduled for 5 January 2027.
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Each award has a milestone of type futureSignatureDate due 2027-01-05.
Planned service commencement
98% confidence1 April 2027.
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Each award's contractPeriod startDate is 2027-04-01.
VALUES
Published values explained
Total of published award values
99% confidence£26,510, - £26,510, -
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The three award values are £21,174,999.52, £3,052,500 and £2,282,500; their sum is £26,509,999.52.
Opportunity maximum value
96% confidence£26,510,000
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The opportunity record reports value_max of £26,510,000 GBP.
Award 1 value
99% confidence£21,174,999.52
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Award 1 value amount is 21,174,999.52 GBP.
Award 2 value
99% confidence£3,052,500
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Award 2 value amount is 3,052,500 GBP.
Award 3 value
99% confidence£2,282,500
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Award 3 value amount is 2,282,500 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Preliminary market engagement notice
96% confidence30 January 2026
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Release history lists planning notice 008349-2026 dated 2026-01-30.
Further preliminary market engagement notice
96% confidence29 April 2026
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Release history lists planning notice 038941-2026 dated 2026-04-29.
Tender notice published
98% confidence16 July 2026
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Release history lists tender notice 067089-2026 dated 2026-07-16.
Tender deadline
98% confidence13 August 2026, 10:00 BST
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Opportunity submission_deadline is 2026-08-13T10:00:00+01:00.
Award decision date
98% confidence9 October 2026
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All three award records state date 2026-10-09.
Award notice published
99% confidence13 October 2026
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UK6 award notice 096485-2026 states datePublished 2026-10-13.
Scheduled signature date
98% confidence5 January 2027
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Each award includes a scheduled futureSignatureDate milestone due 2027-01-05.
Initial term end
98% confidence31 March 2030
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Each award specifies contractPeriod endDate 2030-03-31.
Maximum stated term end
98% confidence30 September 2032
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Each award specifies maxExtentDate 2032-09-30.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Service requirement
98% confidenceIntegrated drug and alcohol treatment, prevention and recovery service for adults and young people.
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Tender description states the council sought an integrated Drug and Alcohol Treatment, Prevention and Recovery Service for adults and young people.
Included interventions
97% confidenceSpecialist and structured community treatment, including criminal-justice-linked interventions and support.
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Tender description explicitly identifies these services.
Service geography
98% confidenceBlackburn with Darwen (UKD41), United Kingdom.
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Award item delivery addresses specify UKD41; buyer is Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council.
Classification
98% confidenceHealth and social work services (CPV 85000000).
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Each award item lists CPV 85000000.
Lot structure
99% confidenceThree lots are recorded, but lot titles and descriptions were not supplied in the published dataset.
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Tender records lots 1, 2 and 3 without titles or descriptions.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceOpen competition; below-threshold open competition.
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Tender procurementMethod is 'open' and procurementMethodDetails is 'Below threshold - open competition'.
Regime
99% confidenceLight-touch regime.
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Tender specialRegime lists 'lightTouch'.
Identified tenderers
95% confidenceSeven tenderers are named in the source record.
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The parties data lists THE CALICO GROUP LIMITED, EARLY BREAK, RED ROSE RECOVERY LANCASHIRE, SELECT-12 CARE SERVICES LTD, CHANGE, GROW, LIVE, WE ARE WITH YOU and BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE as tenderers.
Evaluation information
99% confidenceNot published.
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Initial term
98% confidence1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030.
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Each award's contractPeriod provides these start and end dates.
Extension option
98% confidenceOption to extend for 30 months, from 1 April 2030 to 30 September 2032.
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Each award renewal description states a three-year contract with an option to extend for 30 months; maxExtentDate is 2032-09-30.
Maximum potential term
97% confidenceUp to 5 years and 6 months, subject to the stated extension option.
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Published initial and maximum dates run from 2027-04-01 to 2032-09-30.
Contract signature
99% confidenceNot evidenced as concluded or signed.
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The source contains a scheduled futureSignatureDate rather than a signature confirmation.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award allocation
99% confidenceAward 1 spans lots 1, 2 and 3, while awards 2 and 3 also reference lot 2 and lot 3 respectively.
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Award 1 relatedLots are 1, 2 and 3; award 2 is related to lot 2; award 3 is related to lot 3.
Allocation interpretation
99% confidenceThe published data does not explain how overlapping lot references operate; values are therefore reported by award, not reallocated to individual lots.
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The notice contains overlapping relatedLot references but no lot titles, lot values or allocation narrative.
Market engagement
97% confidenceThe procurement was preceded by two published preliminary market engagement notices.
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Release history records planning notices in January and April 2026.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Overlapping lot references
99% confidenceAward 1 covers lots 1, 2 and 3, while awards 2 and 3 separately cover lots 2 and 3. This makes lot-level allocation ambiguous.
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Published award relatedLots and items show these overlaps.
Lot detail absent
99% confidenceLot titles, descriptions and individual lot values are not supplied.
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The lot records contain IDs and status only; Information not supplied in the published notice.
Award versus contract status
99% confidenceThe notice is an award notice, but signature remains future-scheduled. It should not be described as a signed or commenced contract.
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Each award has futureSignatureDate 2027-01-05 and a planned start date of 2027-04-01.
Tenderer count caveat
95% confidenceSeven named tenderers appear in party data, but the notice does not explicitly state a final bid count or evaluation outcome for each.
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Party roles identify tenderers; Information not supplied in the published notice regarding final submitted tenders.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award record has overlapping lot references: award 1 covers lots 1, 2 and 3, while awards 2 and 3 also cover lots 2 and 3. The notice does not explain this allocation.
- Lot titles, descriptions, individual lot values, pricing detail, evaluation scores and award rationale were not supplied in the published notice.
- The award notice does not evidence a signed contract; signature is only scheduled for 5 January 2027.
- The source does not explicitly provide a final bid count or identify evaluated bids beyond named tenderer parties.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Blackburn with Darwen drug and alcohol servicesCHANGE GROW LIVE awardWE ARE WITH YOU awardBlackburn with Darwen Council for Voluntary Servicedrug and alcohol treatment procurement
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was awarded Blackburn with Darwen's drug and alcohol services procurement?
The award notice names CHANGE, GROW, LIVE; WE ARE WITH YOU; and BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
What is the published value of the awards?
The three published award values total £26,509,999.52, approximately £26.51m.
Has the contract been signed?
The supplied notice does not confirm signature. It lists a future signature date of 5 January 2027.
When are services planned to begin?
The published contract periods state a planned start date of 1 April 2027.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.