Tender: Arrest Referral Drug and Alcohol Service for Adults – Warwickshire Police Custody & Leamington Justice Centre

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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire is seeking a supplier to deliver a Criminal Justice Related Drug and Alcohol Referral Service for adults, including an Arrest Referral Service across police custody settings in Warwickshire and a court-based service at Leamington Justice Centre. The provider will carry out substance misuse assessments, brief interventions, harm reduction advice, referrals into community treatment and wider support, and suitability assessments for Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (including Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Requirements), as well as provide information to Court Probation Staff to inform Pre-Sentence Reports. Assessments must be holistic, covering drug and/or alcohol use alongside offending behaviour, health, safeguarding, vulnerabilities and wider social needs, and the provider is expected to work collaboratively with Warwickshire Police Custody, Probation, the commissioned community treatment provider and other statutory and community partners. The contract will be a single award commencing 1 April 2027 for an initial three years with an option to extend up to two further years, funded from a fixed budget subject to applicable terms and potential change. This procurement is being run under a competitive flexible procedure (Procurement Act 2023).