Published date: 24 February 2017

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: 17 March 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

LMW/A&CS/LH/2017

Published date

24 February 2017

Closing date

17 March 2017

Contract start date

3 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

1.1 The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead invites applications to tender for a contract to provide a domestic abuse service for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to run until 31 March 2019 with the option of a one year extension. The service will comprise:
• Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) service;
• Outreach service;
• Children's IDVA service.

1.2 The Provider will delivery a IDVA, Outreach and Children's IDVA service receiving referrals from the Police, RBWM, the Health Service, Voluntary and Community Organisations, the MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference) and from the public with the likely number being in line with the prevailing trend over the last few years, see Section 4. The services will risk assess these referrals, using a nationally recognised DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour Based Violence) Risk Identification Checklist, and offer IDVA support to those assessed as 'high risk', and Outreach support to those assessed as 'medium' or 'standard risk'.

1.3 The service will be available for all clients affected by domestic abuse in RBWM, regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity or disability.
1.4 The tender is being hosted on local government sourcing e-tendering portal- Bravo Solutions: https://www.localgovsourcing.co.uk
Ref: ITT: itt_610 - Provision of Domestic Abuse Services

About the buyer

Contact name

Louise McCabe- Wright

Address

St Ives Road, Town hall
Maidenhead
SL6 1RF
England

Email

louise.mccabe-wright@rbwm.gov.uk