Awarded contract

Provision of Integrated Treatment, Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service (PSR Direct award route C)

Details

Buyer: London Borough of Brent
Supplier(s): Westminster Drug Project
Value: £9,715,964
Topic: Health and social work services
Published: 2 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The Council has a contract titled Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service. The Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service is provided by Via Care (formerly WDP - Westminster Drugs Project). The Contract formally expired on 31 March 2024 although contractual arrangements with the Council have continued with Via on the same basis since 1 April 2024 whilst Officers considered the most appropriate approach to procurement. Lot 1: The Council has a contract titled Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service. The Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing and Substance Misuse Service is provided by Via Care (formerly WDP - Westminster Drugs Project). The service delivers against the key priorities outlined in 2021 National Drug Strategy: From Harm to Hope and this includes Clinical Prescribing including relapse prevention, Treatment and Recovery Services, Care Planned Counselling service and Recovery Day Programme, Outreach and Engagement, Criminal Justice Interventions and Young Persons Early Intervention and Prevention Services. The Contract formally expired on 31 March 2024 although contractual arrangements with the Council have continued with Via on the same basis since 1 April 2024 whilst Officers considered the most appropriate approach to procurement. Total contract value depends on continuation of central government funding streams in 25/26. The contract start date was 1 December 2024.

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 November 2024
Completed: Award published2 May 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

Brent Council is a London borough council and local authority, running procurement through its own in-house corporate Procurement team. Lower-value contracts are generally sourced and managed directly by individual service departments across the council. Larger, higher-value contracts are instead led by the corporate Procurement team. A dedicated local supplier database lists smaller-value opportunities specifically for businesses based in the borough.

Over the past 5 years, most of London Borough of Brent's contract awards have been in health and social work, business services and construction work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@london-borough-of-brent.gov