Contract award · 7 Nov 2025

Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Improvement Contract

Norfolk County Council awarded “Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery…” to Change Grow Live Services Limited for £71m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionHealth & social careEast of England

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
Value
£70,991,740
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Health & social care · Community health services (CPV 85323000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date7 Nov 2025
  2. Published13 Nov 2025Published 6 days after the contract date

Description

This is an intention to award notice under the Health Care Services (Provider Selection Regime) Regulations 2023 Direct Award Process C. Norfolk County Council wishes to procure an integrated drug and alcohol treatment and recovery service, for people experiencing Drug and Alcohol dependency and to build community resilience for Norfolk adults aged 18 + years. The service will be outcome based and recovery focused, prioritising prevention and early intervention, in addition to demonstrating innovation and evidence-based good practice to deliver the best possible outcomes for individuals and their families. The service will be responsible for delivery of a comprehensive range of evidence-based services, to support the drug and alcohol related needs of adults. This will include a flexible range of programmes and interventions across all modalities in each locality. Additional information: The value in this notice is the value for 10 years excluding VAT and excluding any fee uplift as pe…

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