Camden Peer-Led Drug Harm Reduction Programme — PSR Intention to Award

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 12:26.

Opportunity overview

The service will be a community-based, harm reduction service that will complement existing drug and alcohol treatment, street outreach, pharmacy and public health provision by providing low-threshold, peer-led engagement and harm reduction support and advice. This will include provision of needles and safer injecting equipment, training and provision of naloxone, safer drug use information and brief intervention, blood-borne virus prevention information and signposting to further drug and alcohol, physical, mental health and housing support. The service, for adult Camden residents will primarily be focused on people experiencing homelessness, those living in hostels or supported accommodation, those not engaged in structured treatment services and women, particularly those facing multiple disadvantage.

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.

The Hepatitis C Trust

Matched by number

Contract value: £150k
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 11 Oct 2026
Award ID: 096428-2026-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 05069924
Location: London, UKI, SE1 3QH, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85100000 — Health services

Lots

Having considered the nature of the service, the identified needs of the borough, and the provider's proven expertise and track record in delivering specialist peer-led interventions, the Council has applied the Most Suitable Provider process under the PSR. This approach enables the Council to secure a high-quality, value-for-money service that aligns with local priorities, supports improved health outcomes for vulnerable residents, and contributes to the wider strategic objectives of reducing drug-related harm and health inequalities. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. This is a new Service and Hepatitus C is a new provider for Camden. The Service wil commence on 1 November 2026 for 12 months at a total value of £150,000. Additional information: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition, as selected in the preliminary questions.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: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebee
Status: complete
Main Procurement Category: services
Procurement Method: limited
Procurement Method Details: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen: 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 decision makers by 23rd October 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.

Legal basis

Id: 32014L0024
Scheme: CELEX

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85100000
Description: Health services

Covered By

GPA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

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

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Description: Having considered the nature of the service, the identified needs of the borough, and the provider's proven expertise and track record in delivering specialist peer-led interventions, the Council has applied the Most Suitable Provider process under the PSR. This approach enables the Council to secure a high-quality, value-for-money service that aligns with local priorities, supports improved health outcomes for vulnerable residents, and contributes to the wider strategic objectives of reducing drug-related harm and health inequalities. This notice is an intention to award a contract under the most suitable provider process. This is a new Service and Hepatitus C is a new provider for Camden. The Service wil commence on 1 November 2026 for 12 months at a total value of £150,000. Additional information: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition, as selected in the preliminary questions.
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: most suitable provider process with regard to the key criteria
Type: quality
Description: 100

Criterion 2

Name: Value
Type: cost
Description: 20

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 85100000
Description: Health services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKI31

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: London Borough of Camden
Id: GB-FTS-140375

Identifier

Legal Name: London Borough of Camden
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: Town Hall, Judd Street
Locality: London
Region: UKI31
Postal Code: WC1H9JE
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Jaison Gomba
Telephone: +44 2079745493
Email: jaison.gomba@camden.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.camden.gov.uk ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: TED_CA_TYPE
Id: REGIONAL_AUTHORITY
Description: Regional or local authority

Entry 2

Scheme: COFOG
Id: 01
Description: General public services

Organisation 2

Name: The Hepatitis C Trust
Id: GB-COH-05069924

Identifier

Legal Name: The Hepatitis C Trust
Id: 05069924
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Street Address: 72 Weston Street
Locality: London
Region: UKI
Postal Code: SE1 3QH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme

Organisation 3

Name: London Borough of Camden
Id: GB-FTS-65413

Identifier

Legal Name: London Borough of Camden

Address

Locality: London
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096428-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-05069924
Name: The Hepatitis C Trust

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096428-2026-1
Award ID: 096428-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 12 Oct 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 150,000
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · London · UKI31 · WC1H9JE · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKI31

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS

081030-2026planning, tender · 25 Aug 2026, 17:13
096428-2026award, contract · 13 Oct 2026, 10:58

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

London Borough of Camden published a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention-to-award notice for a peer-led drug harm reduction service for adult Camden residents. THE HEPATITIS C TRUST is the named, verified supplier. However, the source also says the contract had not yet formally been awarded, while structured award and contract records are marked active and include a signed-date field.

Published outcome signals

Published notice typeAward, contract noticeEvidence: Release history records notice 096428-2026 dated 13 October 2026 with tags "award" and "contract".
Notice characterIntention to award under PSREvidence: Procurement rationale states: "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice" and "This contract has not yet formally been awarded".
Lot statusCancelledEvidence: Tender lot 1 is marked "cancelled".

84% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed5 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096428-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebee
First published: 25 Aug 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 12:26
Notice versions reviewed: 2

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

Named supplier: THE HEPATITIS C TRUST (company number 05069924), linked to lot 1. The published total contract value is £150,000, but the record contains unresolved lifecycle contradictions.

Market significance

A £150,000 proposed 12-month community harm-reduction service, covering peer-led engagement, safer injecting equipment, naloxone and referral/signposting support for vulnerable adult Camden residents.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

THE HEPATITIS C TRUST

94% confidence

Award 096428-2026-1 · Lots 1 · £150,000 total published contract value; not individually allocated beyond this sole named supplier record GBP · Named supplier in an intention-to-award notice; structured award record active

View supporting evidence

The award names The Hepatitis C Trust for lot 1. Supplier verification confirms company number 05069924 and verified legal name THE HEPATITIS C TRUST. The contract record states £150,000.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice type

98% confidence

Award, contract notice

View supporting evidence

Release history records notice 096428-2026 dated 13 October 2026 with tags "award" and "contract".

Notice character

99% confidence

Intention to award under PSR

View supporting evidence

Procurement rationale states: "This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention to award notice" and "This contract has not yet formally been awarded".

Lot status

99% confidence

Cancelled

View supporting evidence

Tender lot 1 is marked "cancelled".

Structured award and contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 096428-2026-1 and contract 096428-2026-1 are each marked "active" in the supplied structured data.

Contract signature field

95% confidence

12 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Contract 096428-2026-1 contains dateSigned: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.

VALUES

Published values explained

Published total contract value

98% confidence

£150,000

View supporting evidence

Lot description states a total value of £150,000; contract 096428-2026-1 records amount 150000 GBP.

Value basis

85% confidence

Total value; pricing breakdown not supplied

View supporting evidence

The lot narrative calls this a "total value" of £150,000. No pricing schedule or value basis is supplied.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Initial notice publication

98% confidence

25 August 2026

View supporting evidence

Release history records planning/tender release 081030-2026 on 25 August 2026.

Award/contract notice publication

98% confidence

13 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Process source_updated_at and release history give 13 October 2026 for release 096428-2026.

Representations deadline

98% confidence

23 October 2026

View supporting evidence

Procurement rationale states that representations must be made to decision makers by 23 October 2026.

Stated service commencement

92% confidence

1 November 2026

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Lot description states that the service will commence on 1 November 2026.

Stated duration

92% confidence

12 months

View supporting evidence

Lot description states the service will commence for 12 months.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

98% confidence

Community-based, peer-led drug harm reduction service

View supporting evidence

Tender description describes low-threshold peer-led engagement, harm-reduction support and advice.

Core activities

98% confidence

Needles and safer injecting equipment; naloxone training and provision; safer drug-use information; brief interventions; blood-borne virus prevention information; signposting

View supporting evidence

These activities are listed in the tender description.

Target population

98% confidence

Adult Camden residents, primarily people experiencing homelessness, residents of hostels or supported accommodation, people outside structured treatment, and women facing multiple disadvantage

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Tender description specifies these groups.

Delivery geography

92% confidence

UKI31 (Inner London – West), with Camden as the buyer and intended resident population

View supporting evidence

Delivery address region is UKI31; the description refers to adult Camden residents.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 85100000 — Health services

View supporting evidence

Tender classification and item additional classification state CPV 85100000.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Limited procedure / award without prior publication of a call for competition

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Process procurement method is "limited" and procurement method details state "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition".

Regime

99% confidence

Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023

View supporting evidence

Procurement rationale explicitly identifies the PSR regulations and says the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 do not apply.

Selection approach

98% confidence

Most Suitable Provider process

View supporting evidence

Lot description states that Camden applied the Most Suitable Provider process under the PSR.

Published criteria

86% confidence

Quality criterion: most suitable provider process (description 100); cost criterion: Value (description 20)

View supporting evidence

Lot awardCriteria lists these quality and cost criteria. The source does not explain the scoring scale or weighting interpretation.

Competition information

99% confidence

Not supplied

View supporting evidence

No bidder count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores or detailed award assessment is provided.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated term

92% confidence

12 months from 1 November 2026

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Lot description states that the service will commence on 1 November 2026 for 12 months.

Options

98% confidence

No options

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Tender lot 1 hasOptions is false.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Not supplied

View supporting evidence

No extension or renewal provisions are present in the supplied data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Market route

98% confidence

Direct PSR Most Suitable Provider route rather than an openly competed call

View supporting evidence

The notice describes the Most Suitable Provider process and an award without prior publication of a call for competition.

Buyer rationale

94% confidence

Camden cites specialist peer-led expertise and track record, local needs, value for money, health outcomes, and reduction of drug-related harm and inequalities

View supporting evidence

These reasons are stated in the lot description. They are buyer assertions, not published comparative evaluation results.

Market entry signal

85% confidence

The notice describes this as a new service and says the named provider is new to Camden

View supporting evidence

Lot description states: "This is a new Service and Hepatitus C is a new provider for Camden."

ANALYSIS QUALITY

84%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebee
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

London Borough of Camden

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Process buyer_name and buyer party identify London Borough of Camden.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Regional or local authority

View supporting evidence

Buyer party classification identifies "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY" with description "Regional or local authority".

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Legal supplier identity

99% confidence

THE HEPATITIS C TRUST (company number 05069924)

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification records verified company name THE HEPATITIS C TRUST, number 05069924, matched by company number.

Supplier status

95% confidence

Active company

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification records verifiedCompanyStatus as Active.

SME indicator

90% confidence

SME

View supporting evidence

The supplier party details classify the supplier scale as "sme".

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

99% confidence

Unknown

View supporting evidence

The source states a 12-month term but supplies no explicit contract end date or renewal terms; no renewal estimate is made.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Lifecycle contradiction

99% confidence

The notice says the contract had not yet formally been awarded, but the structured award and contract are active and the contract includes a 12 October 2026 signed-date field.

View supporting evidence

Procurement rationale, award status, contract status and contract dateSigned conflict. This analysis does not resolve the conflict or treat the contract as conclusively awarded or active.

Lot status inconsistency

99% confidence

Lot 1 is marked cancelled despite an active award and contract record linked to it.

View supporting evidence

Tender lot 1 status is cancelled; award and contract 096428-2026-1 are active and relate to lot 1.

Dates require caution

94% confidence

The stated 1 November 2026 start follows a 23 October 2026 representations deadline, but the source does not provide a final award confirmation.

View supporting evidence

The lot narrative gives both dates and identifies the notice as an intention to award.

Information not supplied in the published notice

99% confidence

No final award date, contract end date, bid count, scoring results, pricing breakdown, individual lot value, or detailed evaluation record is supplied.

View supporting evidence

These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source contains unresolved lifecycle contradictions: it calls the publication an intention to award and says no formal award had occurred, while linked structured award and contract records are active and include a signed-date field.
Lot 1 is marked cancelled while the linked award and contract records are active; the supplied evidence does not establish which status reflects the final position.
The £150,000 figure is published as a total value, but no pricing breakdown or explicit value basis is supplied.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes a final award date, contract end date, extension or renewal terms, bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores and detailed pricing.
The stated 12-month duration and 1 November 2026 commencement are notice statements, not evidence that delivery commenced.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is the named supplier for Camden's Peer-Led Drug Harm Reduction Programme?

THE HEPATITIS C TRUST, verified against company number 05069924, is the named supplier for lot 1.

What is the published value?

The published total contract value is £150,000.

Has the contract been conclusively awarded?

Not conclusively from the supplied evidence. The notice says it is an intention to award and that the contract had not yet formally been awarded, although structured records also show an active award and contract with a signed-date field.

What services are proposed?

The service includes peer-led harm-reduction engagement, safer injecting equipment, naloxone provision and training, safer drug-use information, blood-borne virus prevention information, and signposting.

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.

Peer-Led Drug Harm Reduction Programme

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

The Hepatitis C Trust

Classification

Lots

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Classification

Covered By

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Award criteria

Criteria

Items and delivery

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Roles

Details

Identifier

Address

Roles

Award information

Related lots

Suppliers

Contracts and changes

Value

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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