Published date: 17 June 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 August 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

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Location of contract

England, Wales

Value of contract

£350,000

Procurement reference

Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls and Supporting Children Fund - WWF - General (052)

Published date

17 June 2022

Closing date

5 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Grant

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (the "Authority"), acting through the Interpersonal Abuse Unit, intends to make an amount between £6,500,000 and £6,750,000 over three years (up to 31st March 2025) of grant funding available. The value of submissions will determine how many Recipients we fund up to the maximum value.

Through the "what works" funding we are seeking to focus on various types of programmes:
• in schools, aiming to educate and inform children and young people about VAWG, healthy relationships and the consequences of abuse,
• targeted support focused on teenagers at high-risk of experiencing or perpetrating abuse,
• programmes that address sexual violence, including that found in communities that are harder to reach,
• programmes focused on addressing hidden crimes such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation and other types of 'honour'-based abuse, and
• programmes focused on addressing exposure to VAWG in the home, recognising that this constitutes an adverse childhood experience.

Crucially, bids must demonstrate an ability to both deliver one or several of the above and ensure robust, objective evaluation of that delivery

This funding stems from the Government priority, when in 2021, the Domestic Abuse Act received royal assent and introduced a new statutory definition of domestic abuse, recognising children as victims of domestic abuse in their own right. Alongside implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act, the government published the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy in July 2021, which committed to investing in a "What Works" Fund for tackling VAWG.


More information

Additional text

This Funding is aimed at not-for-profit organisations, but also Local Authorities and Police and Crime Commissioners with suitable attributes to deliver this outcome.

This is an online competition managed via the Home Office eSourcing Portal, Jaggaer. If you are interested in finding out more about this funding opportunity below is a guide on how to register in order to gain access to the competition and its documentation on the Jaggaer. We will not be sending any offline material pertaining to this competition.

1. Interested organisations must first be registered as a 'Supplier' on the Home Office e-Sourcing portal ttps://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
2. To register bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet [D&B]) for the organisation which they are registering on behalf of.
3. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp.
4. Once registered on the portal, please email the Authority mailbox PVSC_VAWG@homeoffice.gov.uk and ask to be added to the event stating, "PVSC WWF General Portal Access" in the subject title.
5. Please note the email address used to register on the portal must be the same one used to advise "PVSC_VAWG@homeoffice.gov.uk" inbox as it is this email address that will be provided with access to the event.
6. Once you are added to the portal the "PVSC_VAWG@homeoffice.gov.uk" mailbox will acknowledge your inclusion to the event and Bidders must then accept this invitation via the Home Office e-Sourcing portal. You will then be able to view the suite of documents and online application for this grant funding. *From this point all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be managed via the portal.
7. If you have any IT technical difficulties concerning the Home Office eSourcing portal, neither the Home Office Commercial Hub nor those managing the PVSC mailbox will be able to offer any assistance. Please contact the Supplier e-Sourcing Helpdesk.
8. It is imperative you test your portal connection and become familiar with how to submit your bid in advance of the deadline date. It is conceivable that because the portal operates on the web, internet traffic may affect performance of the portal and this cannot be cited as reason to seek an extension to the submission deadline date.

The HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal is independent of other e-Sourcing portals. Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal. Please note that bids will only be accepted via the HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal. Any bids received outside of this system will not be considered by the Authority. Please note that registering for access to the e-Sourcing portal will not make you a Home Office supplier. To be considered for award of funding you must first respond to an opportunity.


About the buyer

Contact name

Interpersonal Abuse Unit

Address

Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Telephone

07789 653877

Email

PVSC_VAWG@homeoffice.gov.uk