Court and Community Outreach Services Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua - Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court (AODTC) – Waikato - 5906-21

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RFx ID :	24025600
Tender Name :	Court and Community Outreach Services Te Whare Whakapiki Wairua - Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court (AODTC) – Waikato - 5906-21
Reference # :	5906-21
Open Date :	Friday, 26 February 2021 9:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Close Date  :	Friday, 26 March 2021 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Tender Type :	Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	85000000 - Healthcare Services
Regions:	Waikato
Exemption Reason :	None
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Jacquie Legros jacquie.legros@waikatodhb.health.nz
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :
Alternate Physical Fax Number  :
Agency Address :	NEW ZEALAND

Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Courts (AODTCs) were established in Aotearoa, in the Waitākere and Auckland District Courts, as a pilot in 2012 to reduce the influence of alcohol and other drugs on crime and provide better support to offenders who have substance use disorders. The AODTC is an alcohol and other drugs abstinence-based model that offers participants, where their offending is driven by addiction, an alternative pathway to imprisonment. The court operates post-plea and pre-sentence whereby the sentence is deferred while the offender undertakes the treatment plan dictated and monitored by the court over a period of approximately 15-18 months.

The intended outcomes of the AODTC are:

• Reduce alcohol and other drug (AOD) consumption and dependency [Health related]
• Positively impact on health and wellbeing [Health related]
• Reduce reoffending
• Reduce the use of imprisonment
• Be cost-effective

Ministry of Justice will lead the establishment of a third AODTC in Aotearoa and will begin operating in the Hamilton District Court during June 2021. The new court will include the transformative Te Ao Mārama model announced at the end of 2020, where District Courts in Aotearoa will become a place where everyone can seek justice and feel they are heard and understood. The new AODTC will also expand into the Family jurisdiction, enabling mother’s whose dependency issues have led to or risk the removal of children to be participants supported under the programme. The new court will be referred to as the Waikato AODTC until it has been formally named.

The Waikato AODTC Treatment Service will consist of the following components:

A. Screening and Brief intervention: Service provision is in place for this component.
B. Comprehensive Assessment, in-court Clinical Advice and leadership of clinical governance: Service provision is in place for this component.
C. Court and Community Outreach Services (AODTC Team):
D. Kaupapa Māori Therapeutic Residential and Community Based Treatment Services: These services will be established after Phase 1 to allow for iwi and community engagement and co-design.

This tender has been awarded.

• Care NZ Manaaki Aotearoa Ltd

Award Date: Wednesday, 5 May 2021 (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Date RFx was completed/updated: Friday, 26 March 2021 12:07 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)