Drug and Alcohol Treatment and Recovery Grant (DATRIG)

Tender description

The Supplementary Substance Misuse Treatment and Recovery Grant (SSMTRG), Rough Sleepers Drug and Alcohol Treatment Grant (RSDATG), and Individual Placement Support (IPS) programme collectively enhance core adult substance misuse services by providing targeted additional capacity, specialist workforce roles, and associated operational support. SSMTRG strengthens wider prevention, treatment, and recovery provision through expanded staffing, lived experience delivery, clinical interventions, and infrastructure, while RSDATG focuses specifically on individuals experiencing or at risk of homelessness, funding assertive outreach, clinical care, and tailored engagement to improve access and outcomes. The IPS programme complements treatment by offering intensive, structured employment support to help individuals secure and sustain work, delivered through a defined, high-fidelity model. Across all three programmes, funding covers staffing, clinical and operational costs, and central support functions, with a strong emphasis on flexibility (where applicable), performance management, and partnership working to ensure services respond to demand and deliver positive outcomes for residents. Lot 1: 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 dedicated treatment and outreach offer, including assertive outreach workers, clinical and psychological support, prescribing capacity, and roles focused on reducing harm and improving engagement. As with SSMTRG, it also supports staffing-related costs, clinical interventions, and the operational infrastructure required to deliver effective services. This programme is similarly adaptable, allowing commissioners to refine delivery in line with demand and priorities. The Individual Placement Support (IPS) programme provides intensive, structured employment support for adults in treatment, helping them secure and sustain work. Delivered through a small, dedicated team, the model offers ongoing, tailored support for both individuals and employers for up to 12 months. Funding covers staffing, associated costs, premises and overheads, and administrative support. Unlike the other programmes, IPS follows a prescribed delivery model to maintain fidelity, meaning it is expected to remain consistent throughout the year. Across all three programmes, there is a shared emphasis on performance management and collaboration between commissioners and providers to ensure services reach eligible residents, respond to increases in treatment demand, and achieve positive, measurable outcomes. This award has been made following Provider Selection Regime (PSR) direct award process A The lifetime value of the contract is £1,989,662 The services will be provided between 01.04.2026 - 31.03.2027 with an option to extend for a further 2 (two) periods of 1 (one) year.