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Opportunity overview
This is a Provider Selection Regime (PSR) intended 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 Procurement Act do not apply to this award. In accordance with Regulation 10 of The Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023, Hull City Council is looking to award a contract under the Direct Award Option C process as the Council is able to identify the existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery. The contract is anticipated to commence 1st November 2026 ending by 31st March 2029. The Authority has estimated the value of the services to be £187,500. Representations by providers must be made to decision makers (please email procurementteam@hullcc.gov.uk) by midnight on 27th October 2026. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the Provider Selection Regime.
Classification
CPV85312500 — Rehabilitation services
CPV85100000 — Health services
Lots
This service contributes to Hull's drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system, aligned to the UK Government Drug Strategy From Harm to Hope, supporting improved treatment engagement, recovery outcomes, and reductions in drug- and alcohol-related harm.
The updated model strengthens whole-system integration, ensuring that structured behaviour change interventions are embedded effectively within treatment, recovery, healthcare, and criminal justice pathways.
Specifically to:
• Increase successful recovery outcomes and harm reduction
• To improve health outcomes for service users
Objectives:
Hull's treatment & recovery system has the following aims
• Take a whole-system approach between health and enforcement partners to engaging people who use drugs into treatment and support their recovery.
• Improve the uptake of treatment individuals who are referred from prison to community based treatment including referral directly from prison to inpatient and residential rehabilitation provision.
• Increase number of community sentence treatment requirements.
• Enhance harm reduction provision.
• Increase pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity.
• Increase integration and improved care pathways between the criminal justice, and other settings, and drug treatment.
• Increase integration and improved care pathways between healthcare settings and drug treatment.
• Increase treatment capacity to respond to increased diversionary activity, including through out of court disposals and liaison and diversion.
• Enhanced recovery support.£187.5k
Published notice details
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This service contributes to Hull's drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system, aligned to the UK Government Drug Strategy From Harm to Hope, supporting improved treatment engagement, recovery outcomes, and reductions in drug- and alcohol-related harm.
The updated model strengthens whole-system integration, ensuring that structured behaviour change interventions are embedded effectively within treatment, recovery, healthcare, and criminal justice pathways.
Specifically to:
• Increase successful recovery outcomes and harm reduction
• To improve health outcomes for service users
Objectives:
Hull's treatment & recovery system has the following aims
• Take a whole-system approach between health and enforcement partners to engaging people who use drugs into treatment and support their recovery.
• Improve the uptake of treatment individuals who are referred from prison to community based treatment including referral directly from prison to inpatient and residential rehabilitation provision.
• Increase number of community sentence treatment requirements.
• Enhance harm reduction provision.
• Increase pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity.
• Increase integration and improved care pathways between the criminal justice, and other settings, and drug treatment.
• Increase integration and improved care pathways between healthcare settings and drug treatment.
• Increase treatment capacity to respond to increased diversionary activity, including through out of court disposals and liaison and diversion.
• Enhanced recovery support.
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PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Hull City Council intends to directly award a £187,500 contract for drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services. The stated model covers treatment, recovery, harm reduction and integration with healthcare and criminal-justice pathways. The notice says the contract has not formally been awarded and allows provider representations by 27 October 2026; it does not present an open competitive tender.
Who this may suit
Best suited to an existing provider able to demonstrate delivery of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services within an integrated health and criminal-justice system. The notice states that the Council has identified an existing provider as likely to meet the proposed contract standard.
Key points identified
Service scopeDrug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, including treatment engagement, recovery, harm reduction, and integrated pathways.Evidence: Title: "Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery"; lot description: "Increase successful recovery outcomes and harm reduction" and "Increase pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity."
Whole-system integrationThe service model is to strengthen integration across treatment, recovery, healthcare and criminal-justice pathways.Evidence: Lot description: "The updated model strengthens whole-system integration" and refers to "healthcare, and criminal justice pathways."
Existing-provider assessmentThe Council states it can identify an existing provider likely to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, taking account of key criteria and basic selection criteria.Evidence: Description: "the Council is able to identify the existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria."
93% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Hull City Council intends to directly award a £187,500 contract for drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services. The stated model covers treatment, recovery, harm reduction and integration with healthcare and criminal-justice pathways. The notice says the contract has not formally been awarded and allows provider representations by 27 October 2026; it does not present an open competitive tender.
Who this may suit
Best suited to an existing provider able to demonstrate delivery of drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services within an integrated health and criminal-justice system. The notice states that the Council has identified an existing provider as likely to meet the proposed contract standard.
Key deliverables
Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery provision
Harm-reduction provision
Increased pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity
Integrated treatment and care pathways with healthcare and criminal-justice settings
Recovery support
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Service scope
98% confidence
Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, including treatment engagement, recovery, harm reduction, and integrated pathways.
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Title: "Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery"; lot description: "Increase successful recovery outcomes and harm reduction" and "Increase pharmacological and psychological treatment capacity."
Whole-system integration
98% confidence
The service model is to strengthen integration across treatment, recovery, healthcare and criminal-justice pathways.
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Lot description: "The updated model strengthens whole-system integration" and refers to "healthcare, and criminal justice pathways."
Existing-provider assessment
96% confidence
The Council states it can identify an existing provider likely to satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard, taking account of key criteria and basic selection criteria.
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Description: "the Council is able to identify the existing provider will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard taking into account the key criteria and applying the basic selection criteria."
Basic selection criteria
94% confidence
Referenced, but the criteria and evidence required are not stated in the supplied notice.
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Description refers to "applying the basic selection criteria" without further detail.
Supplier eligibility
98% confidence
Unknown beyond the stated assessment of an existing provider.
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No detailed eligibility, insurance, financial, staffing or accreditation conditions are supplied.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated contract value
99% confidence
£187,500.
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Process value_max: 187500 GBP; lot 1 value_amount: 187500 GBP.
Contract term
97% confidence
Anticipated from 1 November 2026 to 31 March 2029.
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Description: "The contract is anticipated to commence 1st November 2026 ending by 31st March 2029."
Pricing and payment terms
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No pricing structure, payment terms or budget breakdown is supplied.
Integrated treatment, recovery, healthcare and criminal-justice pathways.
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Lot description: "structured behaviour change interventions are embedded effectively within treatment, recovery, healthcare, and criminal justice pathways."
Prison and community treatment pathways
96% confidence
The system aims to improve uptake of treatment for individuals referred from prison to community-based treatment, including direct referral from prison to inpatient and residential rehabilitation.
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Lot objectives explicitly state this aim.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Award route stated in narrative
99% confidence
Provider Selection Regime (PSR), Direct Award Option C, under Regulation 10 of the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023.
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Description: "Direct Award Option C process" and "In accordance with Regulation 10".
Procurement Act applicability
99% confidence
The notice states that the Procurement Act does not apply to this award.
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Description: "the provisions of the Procurement Act do not apply to this award."
Award status
99% confidence
Intention to award; the contract has not yet formally been awarded.
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Description: "This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award".
Representations deadline
99% confidence
Midnight on 27 October 2026, by email to procurementteam@hullcc.gov.uk.
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Description: "Representations by providers must be made to decision makers ... by midnight on 27th October 2026."
Procedure metadata conflict
99% confidence
Source metadata labels the method as selective / restricted procedure, while the narrative describes a PSR Direct Award Option C process.
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process.procurement_method: "selective"; procurement_method_details: "Restricted procedure"; description: "Direct Award Option C process".
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Procedure classification conflict
99% confidence
The structured metadata says "selective" and "Restricted procedure", but the narrative says the intended route is PSR Direct Award Option C. The supplied evidence does not resolve this conflict.
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process.procurement_method_details: "Restricted procedure"; description: "Direct Award Option C process".
Not a standard open tender
99% confidence
Despite display status "open" and stage "tender", the narrative describes an intention to award directly to an existing provider and requests representations rather than competitive submissions.
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Description: "looking to award a contract under the Direct Award Option C process" and "Representations by providers must be made".
Unspecified selection and commercial conditions
98% confidence
Detailed basic selection criteria, contract documents, pricing/payment terms, performance measures and service volumes are not supplied.
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The notice references "basic selection criteria" but provides no criteria or supporting documents.
Anticipated dates
96% confidence
The stated contract dates are anticipated rather than confirmed.
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Description: "The contract is anticipated to commence 1st November 2026 ending by 31st March 2029."
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