Gateshead Recovery Partnership PSR intention to award | CHANGE, GROW, LIVE

Tender information last checkedLast checked 13 Oct 2026, 18:16.

Opportunity overview

Gateshead Council have commissioned a fully integrated recovery and wellbeing focused drug and alcohol Service for adults and families that has a culture of ambition and belief in recovery, which is promoted among the service workforce.

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

Matched by number

Contract value: £22.6m
Awarded: Not supplied
Contract signed: 22 Sept 2026
Award ID: 096722-2026-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 03861209
Location: Brighton, UKC22, BN1 1GE, United Kingdom

Classification

CPV85000000 — Health and social work services

Lots

Gateshead Council have commissioned a fully integrated recovery and wellbeing focused drug and alcohol Service for adults and families. We are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £22608760. Dates between which the services are intended to be provided: 01/11/2026 to 31/03/2029 (29 months) with options to extend 3 x 12 months.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-0786eb
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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 23/10/2026. 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: 85000000
Description: Health and social work 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: Gateshead Council have commissioned a fully integrated recovery and wellbeing focused drug and alcohol Service for adults and families. We are intending to award a contract an existing provider following direct award process C of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The approximate lifetime value of the contract is £22608760. Dates between which the services are intended to be provided: 01/11/2026 to 31/03/2029 (29 months) with options to extend 3 x 12 months.
Has Options: No
Status: cancelled

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1

Name: The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Type: quality
Description: 100

Criterion 2

Type: price
Description: 0

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKC22

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: Gateshead Borough Council
Id: GB-FTS-140948

Identifier

Legal Name: Gateshead Borough Council
No Identifier Rationale: notOnAnyRegister

Address

Street Address: Civic Centre, Regent Terrace
Locality: Gateshead
Region: UKC22
Postal Code: NE81HH
Country Name: United Kingdom

Contact

Name: Ruth Carr
Email: RuthCarr@gateshead.gov.uk

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.gateshead.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: Change, Grow, Live
Id: GB-COH-03861209

Identifier

Legal Name: Change, Grow, Live
Id: 03861209
Scheme: GB-COH

Address

Street Address: North Suite, First Floor, 1 Jubilee Street
Locality: Brighton
Region: UKC22
Postal Code: BN1 1GE
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large

Organisation 3

Name: Gateshead Council
Id: GB-FTS-11236

Identifier

Legal Name: Gateshead Council

Address

Locality: Gateshead
Country Name: United Kingdom

Roles

reviewBody

Award information

Award 1

Id: 096722-2026-1
Status: active

Related lots

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-03861209
Name: Change, Grow, Live

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 096722-2026-1
Award ID: 096722-2026-1
Status: active
Date Signed: 23 Sept 2026, 00:00

Value

Amount: 22,608,760
Currency: GBP

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Gateshead · UKC22 · NE81HH · United Kingdom
Delivery location · UKC22

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

096722-2026award, contract · 13 Oct 2026, 16:42

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

Gateshead Borough Council published a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intention-to-award notice for an integrated adult drug and alcohol recovery service. The notice identifies CHANGE, GROW, LIVE as the existing provider, but explicitly says the contract had not yet formally been awarded and that a standstill period was open.

Published outcome signals

Published notice13 October 2026Evidence: Release history and process published_at state 2026-10-13T16:42:52+01:00.
Published procurement positionPSR intention to award; standstill beganEvidence: Procurement rationale says this is a PSR intention-to-award notice, publication marks the start of standstill, and the contract had not yet formally been awarded.
Award/contract statusConflicting source records; conclusion unknownEvidence: The award and contract objects are marked active and the contract object includes dateSigned 2026-09-23, while the narrative says the contract had not yet formally been awarded and lot 1 is cancelled.

91% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 096722-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0786eb
First published: 13 Oct 2026
Last checked: 13 Oct 2026, 18:16
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

ProcuraAxis structures information found in published procurement records, checks the result for consistency and publishes only approved analysis. Confidence describes the completeness and consistency of the available source information; it is not a guarantee of eligibility or contract award.

Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

No concluded award can be confirmed from the published evidence. The source contains conflicting active award/contract records, a contract dateSigned field, and a cancelled lot alongside explicit text saying the award was still intended only.

Market significance

This is a reported approximately £22.61 million health and social work services opportunity, with up to three 12-month extension options stated.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE

98% confidence

Award 096722-2026-1 · Lots 1 · Not safely presented as an individual concluded award value GBP · Named intended provider; concluded award status cannot be confirmed

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The award object names Change, Grow, Live, while the notice describes an intention to award to an existing provider and says formal award had not occurred. Identity was verified by Companies House number 03861209.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice

99% confidence

13 October 2026

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Release history and process published_at state 2026-10-13T16:42:52+01:00.

Published procurement position

99% confidence

PSR intention to award; standstill began

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Procurement rationale says this is a PSR intention-to-award notice, publication marks the start of standstill, and the contract had not yet formally been awarded.

Award/contract status

99% confidence

Conflicting source records; conclusion unknown

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The award and contract objects are marked active and the contract object includes dateSigned 2026-09-23, while the narrative says the contract had not yet formally been awarded and lot 1 is cancelled.

VALUES

Published values explained

Approximate lifetime value

96% confidence

£22,608,760

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Lot 1 description states that the approximate lifetime value is £22,608,760; the linked contract object reports the same GBP amount.

Value allocation

98% confidence

No individual lot, supplier or pricing breakdown published

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Only one lot is shown and no individual lot value or pricing schedule is supplied.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Contract record dateSigned

95% confidence

23 September 2026

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The contract object contains dateSigned: 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00.

Standstill representations deadline

99% confidence

23 October 2026

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Procurement rationale states that representations had to be made by 23/10/2026.

Intended initial service period

98% confidence

1 November 2026 to 31 March 2029 (29 months)

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Lot 1 description states these intended service dates and duration.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Service

99% confidence

Integrated recovery and wellbeing-focused drug and alcohol service for adults and families

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Process and lot descriptions.

Delivery area

94% confidence

UKC22

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Item delivery address region is UKC22.

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 and procurement_method_details.

Regime

99% confidence

Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, direct award process C

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Lot description and procurement rationale.

Published assessment rationale

98% confidence

The existing provider was stated to be satisfying the original contract and likely to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard

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Lot award criteria.

Evaluation weighting

98% confidence

Quality 100; price 0

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Lot award criteria list quality 100 and price 0.

Competition information

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No bid or participant count is provided.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Extension options

98% confidence

Up to 3 x 12 months

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Lot 1 description.

Contract conclusion

99% confidence

Not confirmed

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Despite an active contract record and dateSigned field, the notice expressly says the contract had not yet formally been awarded.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Incumbent/direct-award signal

99% confidence

The notice describes the provider as existing and uses PSR direct award process C

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Lot description and procurement rationale.

Commercial comparability

98% confidence

Limited

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The notice provides no pricing breakdown, competing bidder information, scores beyond stated criteria, or individual lot pricing.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

91%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-0786eb
Analysed: 13 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Gateshead Borough Council

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Buyer party and process buyer_name.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Regional or local authority

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Buyer party TED_CA_TYPE classification.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE (company number 03861209)

View supporting evidence

Supplier verification records a company-number match to verified company name CHANGE, GROW, LIVE.

Published supplier scale

91% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details classify the supplier as large.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Potential extension window

97% confidence

Up to 36 months after the stated initial period, if options are exercised

View supporting evidence

The lot description provides three 12-month extension options. This is a contractual option, not a renewal forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Material lifecycle contradiction

100% confidence

The narrative says the contract had not formally been awarded, while structured records show an active award and contract, a dateSigned field, and a cancelled lot

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Procurement rationale, awards, contracts and lot status conflict.

Supplier verification

99% confidence

Verified legal supplier identity

View supporting evidence

Companies House number 03861209 was matched to CHANGE, GROW, LIVE.

Unpublished commercial detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

View supporting evidence

No bid count, price breakdown, lot-specific value, detailed scoring outcome, or final confirmed award date is provided.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source gives materially conflicting lifecycle evidence: the narrative states that formal award had not occurred, while structured award and contract records are active and a dateSigned field is present.
Lot 1 is marked cancelled despite the active award and contract records; no supported resolution is published.
Information not supplied in the published notice: final confirmed award date, conclusive contract execution status, bidder count, pricing breakdown, lot-specific value, and detailed evaluation outcome.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named in the Gateshead Recovery Partnership notice?

CHANGE, GROW, LIVE is named as the intended provider. Its legal identity was verified using company number 03861209.

Has the contract been conclusively awarded?

Not from the notice text: it explicitly says the contract had not yet formally been awarded. Structured source fields conflict with that statement, so conclusion cannot be confirmed.

What is the reported value?

The lot description reports an approximate lifetime value of £22,608,760.

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.

Contract for the Gateshead Recovery Partnership, Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service for Adults

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Change, Grow, Live

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

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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