Published date: 6 April 2020
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Contract summary
Industry
Guidance and counselling services - 85312300
Guidance services - 85312310
Counselling services - 85312320
Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions - 85312400
Location of contract
East Midlands, East of England, London, North East, North West, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber
Value of contract
£1,200,000
Procurement reference
CF-0106400D58000000L5A4EAK1
Published date
6 April 2020
Closing date
28 May 2020
Contract start date
1 June 2020
Contract end date
31 March 2022
Contract type
Not applicable
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Home Office is seeking to award grant funding to non-statutory sector organisations in England and Wales working nationally to provide support to recent and non-recent victims and survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA).
The support available to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse encompasses a wide range of statutory and non-statutory services funded by several different national and local commissioners. Victims and survivors will need different levels of care and different types of support at different times in their lives and this will be dependent on their circumstances, the pace of their recovery and the level of expertise and support received at the point of disclosure, as reflected in the Strategic Direction for Sexual Assault and Abuse Services. There is no 'one-size fits all' approach.
CSA support services are primarily commissioned at the local level with local authorities, Clinical Commissioning Groups and Police and Crime Commissioners all playing a fundamental role in commissioning appropriate services. For example, local authorities commission specialist sexual health services, CCGs are responsible for mental health services and PCCs deliver support services for victims of crime. On a national level, NHS-England commission a network of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) and the Ministry of Justice funds specialist rape and sexual abuse support services. Through the Support for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (SVSCSA) fund, the Home Office commissions services working at a national level to support victims and survivors of child sexual abuse (funding is provided jointly by the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice). This is in recognition of the fact that organisations providing services over a wide geographical area play an important role in victim support but cannot easily apply to a single local commissioner for funding.
Bids to the SVSCSA must cover the two-year period of the fund, and bidders must be able to demonstrate the ability to spend their entire potential award within the financial year for which it is awarded. Funding for Year 2 (2021/22) will be dependent on budget availability and renewal will be conditional on performance against project milestones.
The service(s) should be offered over a large geographical area - as a minimum, this must be at least 3 PCC areas, but higher scores will be awarded for proposals covering larger areas.
About the buyer
Contact name
Home Office
Address
2 Marsham St
London
SW1P 4DF
GB
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