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Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) — Essex County Council | UKGovscan
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AWARDEDProcurement notice · Essex County CouncilRef ocds-h6vhtk-0495ce
Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS)
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Contract Value
£6,501,565
Suppliers
2
Open Road Solutions · The Children’s Society (Services) Limited
Essex County Council is re-commissioning the Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS). This is a notice for intention to award a contract under the PSR competitive process, with approximate lifetime value of £4,643,975.
This is an existing service which will be re-commissioned between 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2030.
The Psychosocial Alcohol Intervention and Recovery Service (PAIRS) has been delivered in Essex since 2019. The aim of the Service is to provide community based psychosocial interventions for those individuals with alcohol misuse issues, ensuring the service is safe and appropriate and in line with current local and national guidelines. The provider will work with service users to help them achieve their personal recovery goals and outcomes. The service will also provide direct support and expertise within various acute hospital sites, working jointly with the alcohol liaison nurses to engage with and support those admitted to hospital with alcohol related problems, or where alcohol has been identified as a problem once admitted.
This procurement was divided into 1 lots, each awarded separately. 3 bids were received in total.
Lots
1
Initial Term Value
£4,598,190
Bids Received
3
Bids per Lot
3
Lot
Value
Bids Received
Awarded To
Status
Lot 1
Apr 2025 – Mar 2030
£4,598,190
initial term
3
Open Road Solutions
The Children’s Society (Services) Limited
active
Data note: the source feed marks these lots as cancelled even though their awards are active — an inconsistency in the published notice. The award status is shown above.
Award criteria
Weightings from the notice.
The contract award criteria are specified in the procurement documents.95%
Price5%
Government spending data: These suppliers have received £8,401,441 in 149 payments (over £25k) from West Mercia Police, Department for Education, Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Nottinghamshire Police and 3 more public bodies (2010-04-20 to 2026-04-28).
Key Dates
Published
8 April 2025
Tender Open
-
Tender Deadline
27 November 2024
Award Date
-
Contract Signed
24 January 2025
Contract Start
-
Contract End
-
Planned term
1 April 2025 – 31 March 2030
Extension option
Extension period of up to 2 years.
Notice Amendments
Changes the buyer published to this notice after it first appeared.
Amendment 2
Change (VI.3): 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 the authority by 5 February 2025. This contract has not yet formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award a contract under the competitive process of the PSR.
Representations can be sent in writing to: …@essex.gov.uk
Award decision makers: Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health and Integration in consultation with the Head of Public Health and Wellbeing
There were no declared conflicts of interest by any of the decision makers and evaluators during this procurement.
The chosen provider was selected due to achieving the highest scores across the key criteria used. The provider has been assessed and passed against the relevant key criteria and basic selection criteria. → 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 do not apply to this award. This contract has now been formally awarded using the competitive process.
Date of contract award: 17 February 2025
Date of service: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2030
Lifetime value of contract: £4,598,190
Procurement Details
Method
Open — any supplier may bid
Method Details
Open procedure
Route to market
Open competition
Main category
Services
Category
Health services
Delivery location
UKH3
Open under
WTO Government Procurement Agreement
Buyer Reference
DN749367
Legal Basis
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (EU Directive 2014/24)
CPV Codes
85300000 – Social work and related services; 85100000 – Health services