Issue - decisions

(1)        That the intention to award Lot 1 for Tier 4 substance misuse services to five suppliers for specialist inpatient detoxification provision be approved.  The Lot 1 inpatient detoxification suppliers being:

            Adferiad Recovery

            Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH)

            Kaleidoscope Project

            Mersey Care NHS Trust

            Turning Point Services Ltd.

(2)        That Lot 2 be subject to a waiver until June 2025 and go out for tender again with a wider market engagement exercise to secure best value for money and achieve a balanced, cost-effective pool of service providers within close proximity of access to Blackburn with Darwen and that the re-tendering exercise also include elements of the crisis pathway services which were previously tendered as Lot 3.