ITT_30346 - Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Service with a Primary Focus on Substance Misuse

Concepts

• community health
• rehabilitation services
• sexual health
• young people
• substance misuse
• children
• wellbeing service
• health
• young
• wellbeing

Location

Westminster City Council (WCC) and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC)

Description

Provision of the Children and Young People’s Health and Wellbeing Service with a Primary Focus on Substance Misuse. The successful provider will deliver the service across both Westminster City Council and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and a through a tailored and accessible offer, will provide outreach, specialist treatment interventions to children, young people and their families, whilst working closely with partners to prioritise early intervention, education, and community engagement.

Total Quantity or Scope

This notice is an Intention to award a contract under Competitive Process of the Provider Selection Regime. This is a bi-borough service, supporting residents in Westminster (WCC) and Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC). The services to be provided are outreach, specialist treatment interventions to children, young people and their families, encompassing issues including substance misuse, wider addictions and sexual health. The provider will work closely with partners to prioritise early intervention, education, and community engagement. It is a single service but formed of two sovereign contracts, one for each borough. The approximate lifetime value is £7.3M, split as approximately £3.05M in RBKC and £4.25M in WCC. This is a new service - an expansion (in scope and value) of the existing service. The award is to a new supplier. The Contract term is as follows: initial Contract Term - 01/12/2025 to 30/11/2030 Extension Period - 01/12/2030 - 30/11/32

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85323000 - Community health services
• 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

Indicators

• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

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 publication of this notice marks the start of the standstill period. Representations by providers must be made to the relevant authority by 29th September 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 should be sent to procurementteammailbox@westminster.gov.uk The award decision-makers were, in Westminster City Council, the Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care, Public Health and Voluntary Sector, and in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the Lead Member for Adult Social Care. No conflicts of interest were declared. The assessment was carried out using a weighting of 80% Quality and 20% Commercial (Cost). The key criteria for quality are listed below: 1. Quality and Innovation - 15% 2. Integration, Collaboration and Service Sustainability - 23% 3. Improving Access, Reducing Health Inequalities and Facilitating Choice - 59% 4. Social Value - 3% (Note -social value elements (e.g. staffing requirements) were also incorporated into the other method statement headings, and weighted accordingly) These criteria were agreed, and the weightings allocated, to reflect the importance of the core requirements of the service including safeguarding, reducing health inequalities, addressing stigma and shame, and providing support around wider addictions. These criteria, and the specification align with the Councils Children and Young People (CYP) Drugs Strategy which sets out specific objectives for reducing drug use and associated harms among young people. The assessment process satisfied the Council that the successful provider can deliver the service, with the responses provided against each of the key criteria, providing evidence and confidence that the supplier can meet the requirements of the specification.