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.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Waythrough
- Value
- £1,989,662
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Health & social care · Miscellaneous health services (CPV 85140000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- 099011-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Apr 2026
- Published20 Oct 2026Published 202 days after the contract date
Description
The Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG) provides additional investment to strengthen core adult prevention, treatment and recovery services. It supports an expanded multidisciplinary workforce, including specialist roles in safeguarding, data analysis, quality and compliance, harm reduction, housing, and criminal justice, alongside recovery coordinators and community-led recovery input through a lived experience organisation. Funding also covers associated staff costs, subcontracted service delivery, clinical interventions such as depot buprenorphine, and essential infrastructure including IT, administration, and central contract management. The scope of this additionality is flexible and may be adjusted with commissioners in response to changing needs and available resources. The Rough Sleepers Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant (RSDATG) is targeted specifically at individuals experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and rough sleeping. It funds a dedi…
About the supplier
Waythrough: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01820492).