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W5039 Contract for the provision of Drug and Alcohol Residential Rehabilitation Services
Walsall Council · Local authority
In brief
Walsall Council has announced plans to buy care work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £1,200,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 2 years, up to 6 years with extensions, starting 1 April 2027.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for this buyer (from 18 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Residential rehabilitation is an intensive intervention that provides people with a safe and therapeutically effective environment to stop their drug and alcohol use, and help them to lead a life in recovery. In the year to Sept 2025, Walsall made 12 residential rehabilitation placements and aims to increase take up of residential rehab provision in future years. The Council is exploring the procurement of this service through the following options: - A standalone framework for 'call off' placements for Walsall residents only - An element of a contract with community-based provision (ie. under subcontracting arrangements, or similar, with a tier 3 service) - A consortium framework…Read the full description
Residential rehabilitation is an intensive intervention that provides people with a safe and therapeutically effective environment to stop their drug and alcohol use, and help them to lead a life in recovery.
In the year to Sept 2025, Walsall made 12 residential rehabilitation placements and aims to increase take up of residential rehab provision in future years.
The Council is exploring the procurement of this service through the following options:
- A standalone framework for 'call off' placements for Walsall residents only
- An element of a contract with community-based provision (ie. under subcontracting arrangements, or similar, with a tier 3 service)
- A consortium framework for 'call off' placements for residents of a number of local authority areas.
The Council is carrying out PME in relation to this project. The Council will consider the feedback received to help inform the Council's options, requirements and further decision making. For the avoidance of doubt, this stage of the project is not part of a formal procurement process and the Council is not committing, at this stage, to carrying out such a process.
Participation or non-participation in the PME shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the PME shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.
To access the PME documentation please visit the Council's e-tendering system Intend at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil/aspx/Home and follow the on-screen guidance.
To participate in this PME, organisations must return their completed Supplier Questionnaire (Appendix A of the PME Document), together with any supporting documents, through the Correspondence area of this project by the return deadline of 12.00 Noon on 24th February 2026, as per the PME documentation and e-tendering system. Supplier Questionnaires received after the deadline may not be reviewed at the Council's sole discretion.
Please make sure that you have submitted your Supplier Questionnaire following the instructions within the PME documentation and e-tendering system. The Council will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their Supplier Questionnaire.
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How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 005603-2026
About the buyer
Walsall CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
52Awards
29Suppliers it has used most for care
- Caring Care Limited2 contracts
- Absolute Healthcare Swan House Limited1 contract
- Family Action1 contract
- Manor Farm Community Association1 contract
- Nationwide Care Services Ltd1 contract
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From notice 005603-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 22 January 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.