Published date: 7 February 2024

Last edited date: 13 February 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 28 July 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

CV1 2GN

Value of contract

£880,000

Procurement reference

IT-208-16396-COV - 16396 - AWARD

Published date

7 February 2024

Closing date

28 July 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Coventry City Council would like to re-commission a service which supports:

•on street sex workers (residing and or working in CV 1 to CV6) to access the services they need to obtain and retain stable housing, access drug services and access and retain drug substitution prescriptions, access health care at an early rather than acute stage thereby enabling them to exit the sex work industry
•a reduction in the number of children born to this cohort and where the individual becomes pregnant to support them to either access a termination, engage with social care to keep their child or through the child removal process
•the prevention and control of outbreaks of infectious disease such as Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Infections.
•sex workers to recognise that they are victims of modern slavery and enabling them to provide police intelligence to identify modern slavery rings and provide court evidence where relevant

The successful Provider of the new contract shall deliver the same level of support to all sex workers regardless of gender and sexual orientation.

Award information

Awarded date

5 December 2023

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Total value of contract

£879,958

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Turnaround West Midlands Community Interest Company

Address

128 City Road, London , United Kingdom, EC1V 2NX

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Coventry City Council (COV) Procurement Team

Address

Coventry
Coventry
Coventry
CV1 2GN
United Kingdom

Telephone

+4424 7697 5232

Email

procurement.services@coventry.gov.uk