Renfrewshire Alcohol & Drugs Crisis Outreach Service

Concepts

• health and social work
• paisley
• drugs crisis outreach service
• high-risk drug use
• drugs
• renfrewshire alcohol & drugs crisis outreach service
• alcohol and drugs crisis outreach service
• a crisis outreach service
• a social and other specific service
• alcohol

Location

Renfrewshire

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Renfrewshire Council

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Description

The requirement is for an Alcohol and Drugs Crisis Outreach Service that will operate to reduce harm, save lives, and improve access to treatment and care by providing key interventions to prevent drug and alcohol-related deaths. In line with the MAT standards, the key aims of a Crisis Outreach Service would be to engage with individuals at higher risk of overdose and those who have experienced a near fatal overdose to provide care and support to increase access to life saving protective treatment. The key elements of the response we need for Renfrewshire are as follows: - Emergency response: maximise capacity and capability of services, families and friends and agencies to deal with a potentially fatal overdose by being properly equipped and trained. - Reducing risk: maximising support, access, and the range of practical and appropriate choices of pathways for anyone with high-risk drug use; and - Reducing vulnerability: link with key agencies addressing issues that can predispose vulnerable people to move into higher-risk use of drugs and reducing the associated impact on wider communities.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Tender Procedure shall be conducted in accordance with an above Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) Threshold Open Tender procedure relating to a Services Contract for a Social and Other Specific Service. Additional information: The total budget for this Contract for the initial 2-year period is 600,000GBP (300,000GBP per annum) excluding VAT. The Council may receive future funding for a further 1 year period (of up to 300,000GBP) for this Service beyond the initial 2 year period. This will be subject to funding being provided to the Council to support this Service and will be at the sole discretion of the Council.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85323000 - Community health services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** It is anticipated that the Contract will commence on 1st July 2025 and will expire on 30th June 2027 with the option to extend for up to 12 months on 1 occasion subject to funding availability. Minimum Insurance Requirements Employers’ liability - ten (10) million pounds sterling each and every occurrence. Public Liability - ten (10) million pounds sterling (10,000,000GBP) any one occurrence. Liability must not exclude abuse and/or molestation cover; Where the Provider will offer products for sale to the public as part of the Services, Products Liability cover on an aggregate basis must be included in the Public Liability policy; Where the Provider will carry out activities such as nursing care, first aid, administration of prescribed drugs or medicines and administration of drugs or medicines available without prescription, the Provider will require to evidence either an extension to the Provider’s Public Liability cover this to a minimum indemnity limit of ten (10) million pounds sterling (10,000,000GBP) OR a specific Medical Malpractice Liability policy to a minimum indemnity limit of ten (10) million pounds sterling (10,000,000GBP) in the aggregate, in relation to the risk of any errors or omissions in delivering this type of service; Where the Provider will carry out activities focused on wellbeing and development (rather than care or treatment), the Provider will require to evidence Professional Indemnity cover to a minimum indemnity limit of two (2) million pounds sterling (2,000,000GBP) any one incident or in the aggregate, with an automatic annual reinstatement of this sum permitted within the policy terms if in the aggregate, OR five (5) million pounds sterling (5,000,000GBP) in the aggregate without annual reinstatement, OR, if not a specific Professional Indemnity policy, then an extension to the Provider’s public liability cover (the extension being for five (5) million pounds sterling (5,000,000GBP), in relation to the risk of any errors or omissions in delivering this type of service. Where a vehicle is used in the delivery of Services, statutory third party motor vehicle liability insurance cover must be evidenced by way of a valid MV certificate in the COMPANY name, OR where there is no company fleet and employees use their own vehicles instead, a letter signed by a person of appropriate authority confirming that the provider has ongoing arrangements in place to ensure that employees' vehicles are appropriately insured and maintained for business purposes. Previous publication relating to this Contract A Prior Information Notice was issued for market engagement and can be accessed on this website: Document ID: 779702. (SC Ref:790305)