Buyer Name: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Buyer Address: The Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, UKE44, HD12TA, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Stewart Horn
Contact Email: Stewart.Horn@kirklees.gov.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 1484221000
Buyer Name: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees
Buyer Address: The Town Hall, Ramsden Street, Huddersfield, UKE44, HD12TA, United Kingdom
Contact Name: Stewart Horn
Contact Email: Stewart.Horn@kirklees.gov.uk
Contact Telephone: +44 1484221000
The service will continue to support young people up to 21, with adult services taking over from 21. For 18-21-year-olds needing clinical treatment. It aims to help young people make informed choices about substance use and raise awareness of associated risks. Support extends to parents, carers, schools, colleges, and statutory services. Delivery occurs in accessible community venues across Kirklees. Interventions include one-to-one sessions, early support, harm reduction, family-focused work addressing hidden harm, clinical care, group activities, professional training, and assistance for early help and social work teams. The service will support young people engaging in early risk-taking behaviours, including experimentation and recreational substance use. Increased vulnerabilities and complexities and prevalent amongst those accessing specialised services. Specialist support is available for young people at risk of criminal exploitation, young people involved in gangs, county lines and dealing drugs. There is more focus around hidden harm support to young people including a strategic approach to support primary and secondary education. The service provides for increasing referrals to young people per quarter requiring Hidden Harm interventions. They ensure equity of support across vulnerable groups of young people, ensuring early intervention and prevention work is increasing and is being really effective identifying at risk young people through a substance misuse lens. Support is provided in relation drugs education in schools. Dedicated specialist workers are provided for YOS, sexual exploitation, LAC, children and families and hidden harm, targeted interventions.
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Lot Description: The service will continue to support young people up to 21, with adult services taking over from 21. For 18-21-year-olds needing clinical treatment. It aims to help young people make informed choices about substance use and raise awareness of associated risks. Support extends to parents, carers, schools, colleges, and statutory services. Delivery occurs in accessible community venues across Kirklees. Interventions include one-to-one sessions, early support, harm reduction, family-focused work addressing hidden harm, clinical care, group activities, professional training, and assistance for early help and social work teams. The service will support young people engaging in early risk-taking behaviours, including experimentation and recreational substance use. Increased vulnerabilities and complexities and prevalent amongst those accessing specialised services. Specialist support is available for young people at risk of criminal exploitation, young people involved in gangs, county lines and dealing drugs. There is more focus around hidden harm support to young people including a strategic approach to support primary and secondary education. The service provides for increasing referrals to young people per quarter requiring Hidden Harm interventions. They ensure equity of support across vulnerable groups of young people, ensuring early intervention and prevention work is increasing and is being really effective identifying at risk young people through a substance misuse lens. Support is provided in relation drugs education in schools. Dedicated specialist workers are provided for YOS, sexual exploitation, LAC, children and families and hidden harm, targeted interventions. Awarding a contract following Direct Award Process C. Start Date 01/04/2026 to 31/03/2029 with the option to extend for up to 2 years to 31/03/2031. £1,980,000 including extensions. Additional information: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations Explanation: 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 Contract 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 midnight on 9th February 2026. This contract has not formally been awarded; this notice serves as an intention to award under the PSR.
Lot 1 Status: cancelled
Lot 1 Has Options: No
Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): The existing provider is satisfying the original contract and will likely satisfy the proposed contract to a sufficient standard
Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): No price evaluation
Contract Title: Young People Drug and Alcohol Prevention Service
Award Title: Young People Drug and Alcohol Prevention Service
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