Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery Services - Support to Families (affected by others drug and alcohol use) Tender

The Community Alcohol and Drug Recovery services will be delivered across Glasgow City, offering multiple responses to individuals and their families. The services will offer flexibility to meet the needs of people who are at various stages of recovery, from people who are seeking initial support to address harmful use, right through to those who are in recovery and seek an abstinence-based support approach and support network.

The Successful Provider for Lot 3 will work to provide a network of services designed with the fundamental aim to support families affected by others harmful drug and alcohol use and offer support to build supportive and resilient relationships in families affected by others harmful alcohol and drug use. The service will; -provide free and confidential practical advice, information and emotional support; -be available to families affected by a family members harmful alcohol and drug use; -be available to kinship carers and informal carers who have caring roles as a result of family members harmful alcohol and drug use. -offer outreach surgery group support in local communities to widen accessibility and increase awareness of the service. -deliver support as group sessions and there will be a limited number of 1:1 support sessions available.

The service will deliver short break/respite interventions for kinship carers or informal carers, who are caring for a child or young person (0-16 years) due to parental alcohol or drug use. The contract term will be for a period of 4 years with the option of 2-year extension.

The advertised block Annual Value (based on a 2026/2027 Budget inclusive of SLW uplift) for this service was 406,628.00 GBP and is based on minimum service delivery levels of 95%. The service will provide free and confidential practical advice, information and emotional support to families and individuals affected by a family members harmful alcohol and drug use.

The service will also be available to kinship carers and informal carers who have caring roles as a result of family members harmful alcohol and drug use. The service will have accommodation to deliver supports in and in addition, will offer outreach surgery group supports in local communities to widen accessibility and increase awareness of the service. -The support will be delivered as group sessions and there will be limited 1:1 support sessions available where appropriate. -The service will be a key component in the social recovery systems in Glasgow -The service will be part of the recovery orientated system and be an integral part of recovery for all the family. -The service will build and promote natural social networks of support for people to move onto more informal arrangements of support. -The service will offer short break/respite interventions (from 1 hour to maximum of 4 hours) to children and young people (0-16).

Additional information: Contract duration is 4 years (48 months) with the option for the Council to extend for a further 2 year (24 months) period. The Contract Value advertised was based on 72 months duration including a potential extension of 2 years. Updated 2026/2027 Price Base (incl SLW) has been used.