Contract award · 30 Apr 2025

Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Grant

Norfolk County Council awarded “Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery…” to Change Grow Live for £1.82m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

Value £1.82m
WinnerChange Grow Live SME

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

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Key facts

Buyer
Norfolk County Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Change Grow Live SME
Value
£1,816,492.40
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Social work services (CPV 85310000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date30 Apr 2025
  2. Published28 May 2025Published 28 days after the contract date

Description

This is a notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is providing a total of £310 million in additional targeted grants to local authorities in 2025 to 2026. The purpose of the funding is to improve treatment and recovery outcomes in line with the recommendations from Dame Carol Black's independent review. As part of this funding, Norfolk has been allocated a total of £3,974,294.00. The 2025 to 2026 grant consists of a number of previous drug & alcohol related treatment and recovery grants, which have been consolidated into a single drug and alcohol treatment and recovery improvement grant (DATRIG). In line with the terms of the drug and alcohol treatment and recovery improvement grant, Norfolk County Council are proposing to award the commissioned drug and alcohol treatment provider Change Grow Live £1,816,493. The purpose of the funding is to incrementally add to the existing infrastructure of t…

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