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Pan London Substance Use Programme - London Inpatient Detoxification and Stabilisation (IPD)
AI Summary
The City of London Corporation intends to commission specialist provider organisations to deliver a comprehensive Inpatient Detoxification and Stabilisation service for London residents and those at risk of rough sleeping. The objective is to embed a sustainable, geographically dispersed model that offers equitable access across all London local authorities, thereby supporting health inclusion groups and reducing health inequalities in the capital.
The service will comprise specialist inpatient medically‑assisted withdrawal beds and residential medically‑assisted withdrawal beds. Providers must be able to deliver the full range of care required for complex clients, coordinate with local authorities, and operate within the City’s Pan‑London Substance Misuse Programme framework. Strategic placement of bed spaces is essential, with a particular focus on increasing availability within London and the surrounding M25 area, and the proportion of bed capacity must be block‑booked to guarantee access for those in greatest need.
All prospective providers must demonstrate experience delivering complex health and social care services, a strong customer‑service orientation, and the capability to comply with the London IPD Framework Model. The service must include block booking of a proportion of IPD bed capacity to ensure guaranteed access.
Description
Building on the existing Pan-London Substance Misuse Programme, the Provider/s will help realise the City’s ambition to:
• Establish long-term, sustainable, and geographically dispersed IPD provision that effectively meets diverse and complex client needs; and
• Deliver equitable, pan London access to IPD beds for all London Local Authorities.
Estimated Contract Value: £2.3m per year @ three-year contract = £6.9m plus potential for innovation fund.
This initiative represents a significant opportunity to collaborate with partners across London to transform the delivery model for Inpatient Detoxification and Stabilisation (IPD) service. The aim is to create accessible, inclusive and responsive IPD delivery that supports health inclusion groups and contributes meaningfully to reducing health inequalities across the capital. The IPD provision will deliver a broad range of care to meet diverse and complex client needs.
A key feature of the IPD service will be the strategic distribution of IPD bedspaces to support equitable access with a particular emphasis on increasing availability within London and surrounding region of M25
The model will encompass:
• Specialist inpatient medically assisted withdrawal beds
• Residential medically assisted withdrawal beds.
To provide the required stability and guaranteed access, block booking of a proportion of IPD bed capacity will be essential.
Estimated date of publication of contract notice: 2026-07-01T23:59:59+01:00
Contract location: UK
Engagement process description
Please read the document and, if you feel that your organisation is able to contribute to this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise, please complete the questionnaire attached to the end of this document and return via the https://cityoflondon.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ portal.
Please note that this is not a call for competition.
The following are pertinent to this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Questionnaire. Suppliers responding must have:
• An understanding of what the City of London Corporation (“the City”) is aiming to deliver.
• An experience of working with Local Authorities.
• Capability to comply with the Corporation’s requirements for the London IPD Framework Model.
• An excellent approach to customer service,
For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is for the purpose of conducting a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) exercise and will not formally begin the procurement or constitute any commitment by the City of London Corporation to undertake any procurement exercise.
Participation in the PME will be at each organisations own cost. No expense in responding to this PME will be reimbursed by the City.
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME)
PME in this case is where the City, at an early stage in the development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity.
This exercise will provide an opportunity for the City to obtain insight into how participants might approach the delivery of the service in question. It also gives a useful early insight into the likely level of interest in a proposed project from that market.
Participants must also note that a response to this notice does not guarantee an invitation to participate in this or any future procurement that the City may conduct, nor that the City will procure any such supply and services or accept any proposals offered. Any Procurement of the supply and services by the City will be carried out strictly in accordance with the Procurement Act (PA23).
The City has developed a questionnaire (attached at the end of this document) that they would like interested parties to complete.
As stated above, the outcome of the PME exercise will inform an options appraisal with recommendations.
Lot: 1
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En