Published date: 8 May 2024

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


Closing: 10 May 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Health services - 85100000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£3,750,000 to £4,115,059

Procurement reference

CORNWALL001-DN660550-99190069

Published date

8 May 2024

Closing date

10 May 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2028

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

Cornwall Council, as commissioner on behalf of the Safer Cornwall Partnership, currently provides outreach support within accommodation to women, men, transgender and non-binary individuals, with or without children, with complex needs or other vulnerabilities who have experienced domestic abuse. \r
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The key aim of the service is to increase the safety of individuals with multiple vulnerabilities and complex needs who are escaping domestic abuse, through the provision of specialist safe accommodation and empowering the person to understand their own and others' behaviours and how they can support themselves.\r
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This service will also provide culturally sensitive housing related support and accommodation to individuals and their children from minority ethnic backgrounds and is to be delivered through a minimum of 24 dispersed units in locations spread throughout Cornwall to offer choice and safety and locations must give full consideration of access to services and public transport links, and the local landscape in relation to other existing accommodation services. \r
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Providing a variety of self-contained accommodation units to service users on a tenancy or license agreement, according to individual need and risk assessment, supported with 24 hour in person or on-call tailored support, as detailed in the specification, provided according to assessment of risk and need and delivered by trained and experienced workers with a high level of understanding of the specific needs. Although flexible this is for an optimum 6 month period per person. \r
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Tenders are invited by Cornwall Council from Providers with relevant experience and ability to demonstrate sufficient capacity within available budget funding, for the Provision of Support in Dispersed Safe Accommodation for Individuals Escaping Domestic Abuse, for an initial four year period, commencing in April 2024, with an option for extending the contract by up to a further six years, in three year increments.\r
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For the avoidance of doubt the maximum available budget for this service is £375k for the first year and bidders exceeding this available budget will be deemed to be unsuitable.\r
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The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at the address below, where more information can be obtained and where Tenders or request to participate must be electronically submitted:\r
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=81921c58-aac1-ed11-8120-005056b64545\r

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of Support in Dispersed Safe Accommodation for Individuals Escaping Domestic Abuse

  • Opportunity
  • Published 23 March 2023

Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2034

Total value of contract

£3,750,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

LiveWest Homes Ltd

Address

EX5 2FZ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

County Hall
Treyew Road
Truro
TR1 3AY
England

Email

james.howarth@cornwall.gov.uk

Website

http://www.cornwall.gov.uk