Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Services

Concepts

• health and social work
• southampton
• provision of support services
• isle of wight clinical commissioning group to deliver community based domestic abuse support services
• sexual abuse services
• domestic abuse support services
• full details of the service requirements
• victims of domestic violence
• domestic violence
• refuge services

Location

Southampton:

Description

The requirement is for the provision of support services to victims of domestic violence or abuse and/or sexual violence or abuse.

Total Quantity or Scope

Southampton City Council is leading a joint procurement with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and the Hampshire, Southampton and Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group to deliver community based domestic abuse support services to the community of Southampton and refuge services to the residents of Southampton and beyond. … The requirement is for the provision of support services to victims of domestic violence or abuse and/or sexual violence or abuse. The services will operate to: - support medium risk victims at a time of crisis through residential (refuge) support and non-residential outreach support. - support victims (and their children) to access safe accommodation including refuge if fleeing domestic violence. - support the individual with practical help, life-skills, and resettlement support to move on from an abusive partner. - provide therapeutic interventions as a part of a victim’s recovery and support children and families to work through issues that may have affected them. - offer training and support to professionals to identify and refer victims and perpetrators. - offer preventative work to young people through educational programmes in schools addressing healthy relationships, recognising unhealthy behaviours, responding to abuse and seeking support. - deliver services to medium risk victims and their dependants in line with the local needs assessment and Domestic Violence strategy. Full details of the service requirements are outlined in the Service Specification (Schedule 1 to the Terms & Conditions of Contract (the “Agreement”) as detailed in the procurement documents. These may be accessed at http://www.southampton.gov.uk/business-licensing/supply-council/supply-portal.as...

Renewal Options

The Council will have the option to modify the contract during its life to vary the annual contract value by up to an additional 154,800GBP per annum. This is to enable the future application to this contract of additional “New Burdens” funding for the purpose of additional provision of services to individuals living in “safe accommodation”.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• This is a recurring contract.
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** This procurement is being undertaken under Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime”) the procedure corresponding (with or without variations) to the Open procedure. There is an available funding level for the contract of 490,000GBP per annum (i.e. 3,430,000GBP in total covering a 5 year initial contract term and 2 years’ extension period). In meeting its obligations under Part IV of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, the Council may, however, exercise the option to modify the contract to increase its value by up to 154,800GBP per annum, which would then provide for a maximum contract value of 4,513,600GBP. The Council may choose to modify the contract by all, part, or none of this amount. Any such additional funding will be to enable the future application to this contract of additional “New Burdens” funding allocated through the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) for the purpose of The Council providing additional services to support individuals living in “safe accommodation”. There is no obligation on the Council to modify the contract and The Council reserves the right to undertake a separate competitive procurement procedure to source a provider of such services should it so wish, or to provide such services in house or through existing contracts. A minimum of 12 units of refuge accommodation will need to be sourced by the Service Provider, of which 7 are available through the local authority if the provider wishes to use them. (MT Ref:223959)