How to win: Substance Use Service for Children and Young people

About this contract

The core service is for children and young people from 8 years of age until their 19th birthday. This core service covers treatment for young people's substance use, for those affected by others use, brief interventions, information campaigns and a professionals consultation requirement. The service currently has pilot programmes running for an age extension up to 25 and for a whole family service.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Oxfordshire County Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £4,900,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: deadlines are tight and a strong bid takes iteration.

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