Provision of Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds

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1. At a glance

2. Scope of Work

Oberstown Children Detention Campus ran this procurement for “Provision of Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds.” as an operational contract requiring implementation and sustained service execution. The extracted pack showed qualification-stage material with references to later ITT technical depth; practical activity therefore centred on building, integrating, and operating the specified service stack with compliant reporting and handover obligations where stated. Constituent activities and named work elements in the supplied extracts:

• Title: Provision of Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds.
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers should refer to instances within the last three years which demonstrate that they have successfully delivered services of a comparable nature and sc
• The Framework Member accepts its appointment to provide Services, if instructed to do so from time to
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx]
• For the Provision of: Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds.
• 6.4 Service Level Agreement 4
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] Service Level Agreement 4](#_Toc71281177)
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] Framework Agreement with a Framework Member in a Single-Party Framework for the provision of Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds.
• “Call Off Request” means the request issued by the Contracting Authority to a Framework Member instructing that Framework Member, under the Cascade method, to provide the required Services;
• “Framework Member” means the supplier or service provider formally appointed to the Framework Agreement on foot of a Competitive Procedure;
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] and conditions, including any Schedules hereto;
• “Other Conditions” means for example Contract Terms and Conditions, Special Terms and Conditions and/or Service Level Agreement as may be appropriate; Non-binding monetary references in the source were treated as context only and were not used as qualification thresholds.

3. Background & buyer context

The buyer context reflected a formal Irish public-procurement route, with pre-qualification used to control entry into the tender stage.

• • Ongoing service provision in order to meet our obligation to provide supports and programmes to young people aimed at addressing young people’s substance misuse and to provide them with coping skills and sign post them to relevant organisations in the community on release.

4. Eligibility & selection criteria

• Turnover requirement — not specified for this tender
• Insurance — not specified for this tender
• Certifications — not specified for this tender
• Past experience — not specified for this tender
• Personnel — not specified for this tender
• Geographic / facility constraints — not specified for this tender

5. Award criteria & scoring

6. Submission requirements

• Method statement / response document (template/page limits) — Appendix 1 questionnaire/PQQ response was required.
• CVs (page count, named roles) — not specified in extract.
• Pricing schedule (format/template) — expected at ITT stage.
• Case studies (number/value range) — client references/comparable project evidence was referenced.
• Declarations (ESPD/Bona Fides/Tax/COI) — not specified in extract.
• Mandatory site visit — not specified in extract.
• Submission portal and formatting — eTenders portal and PDF electronic copies were referenced. Submission-related source lines:
• was advertised on the eTenders website on 9th May 2025 with an RFT ID 5639327 (the ‘Contract Notice’)
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx]
• Note: This document is an indication of the form of agreement which the Contracting Authority intends to conclude with the successful Economic Operator arising from this competitive process. Economic Operators are not required to submit a signed copy of these terms as part of their tender but should indicate any objections which they may have to these terms in the body of their tender.
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] Service Level Agreement 4](#_Toc71281177)
• [Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] Framework Agreement with a Framework Member in a Single-Party Framework for the provision of Substance Misuse Counselling Services for under 18-year-olds.
• The Contracting Authority has conducted a tender competition in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU and all applicable procurement rules for the establishment of a framework agreement (within the meaning of the aforesaid directive) with a single economic Framework Member. The tender competition under the Single Stage Procedure with Negotiation was advertised on the eTenders website on 9th May 2025 with an RFT ID 5639327 (the ‘Contract Notice’).

7. Key dates & process

8. Contract terms that matter

Contract duration in the extract: 12 months. Payment cycle, SLA/KPI schedule, and penalty regime were not fully disclosed in the snippets unless listed below.

• VERIFIED PHRASES (deterministic regex extract from the documents — treat as authoritative for numerical claims)
• nt Professional Body within ACI (previously IAAAC) or IACP, IHIP or other AND a minimum of two years' experience of managing a case load under supervision, after achieving professional qualification
• Weighting: Pass/Fail Minimum requirement to remain eligible in the competition: Tenderers must demonstrate compliance with all the relevant Health & Safety legislation
• e entitled to terminate the appointment of the Framework Member forthwith and without liability by giving notice at any time if:
• The Member commits a material breach of any term or condition of this Framework Agreement, o
• 3 shall not relieve or discharge the Framework Member from any obligations which may have accrued prior to such termination
• e right to extend the Term for a period or periods of up to 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extensions per
• 12 months with a maximum of 2 such extensions per

9. Risks, red flags & unusuals

• Numeric qualification gates were only partially visible, so eligibility certainty required full pack review.
• The two-step process (PQQ then ITT) shifted effort to compliance evidence early, with competitive scoring detail potentially deferred.
• Technical and contractual granularity appeared ITT-dependent, increasing ambiguity at qualification stage for non-incumbent bidders.

10. SME fit assessment

This competition looked most accessible to firms with established public-sector tender capability, documented financial capacity, and direct operational experience in the relevant service category.

• Credible bidder profile — specialist operator with compliant procurement governance and evidencable experience.
• Consortium / sub-contracting — not clearly specified in extract.
• Indicative bid-prep effort — 6 to 12 working days for evidence collation, form completion, and review cycles at PQQ level.
• Pwin signal — strongest for bidders with reusable qualification artefacts, comparable references, and low-friction mobilisation capability.

11. Where to dig deeper

• Source RFT/PQQ filenames: Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx, 7.2 Interference and Inducement

[Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx, Appendix 2-Substance Misuse Counselling-Services Contract_09.05.25.docx.

• eTenders CFT / notice reference: Contract Notice’).
• Clarification contact / portal: [email protected].
• Key attachments to prioritise: Schedule, RFT ID 5639327 (the ‘Contract Notice’), Appendix 1-Substance Misuse Counselling Services-Framework TandCs_09.05.25.docx] ![](dat.