Published date: 2 March 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: 4 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

RM1 3BB

Value of contract

£1,600,000

Procurement reference

ITTH53

Published date

2 March 2022

Closing date

4 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2022

Contract end date

31 August 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The London Borough of Havering would like to alert the market of the Tender opportunity for Domestic Abuse Women's Refuge and Community Based Service which is now live.

To participate in this e-Tender exercise, you will need to ensure that your company has registered on Oracle Fusion via the link below.
https://elfy.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000002366037

The aim of the service is to deliver support for people affected by domestic abuse. The service will be comprehensive, evidence based, accessible, respect client confidentiality, high quality, responsive to client needs and cost-effective. Service delivered will support those affected by domestic abuse by offering accommodation services as well as a community based and advocacy service. There are 2 women's refuges in Havering and it is proposed to offer this accommodation to incoming providers. Addresses for the women's refuges will remain confidential.

The local authority wishes to introduce a single contract that will encourage bidders to secure efficiencies when developing an innovative service that delivers care and support to people affected by domestic abuse. There is an interim contract in place until the 31.8.2022 and it is anticipated that a new service will start on the 1.9. 2022. London Borough of Havering is committed to providing high quality services for its clients and the provision of 2 accommodation based refuges and a community based service is highly valued by the local community.

- Domestic Abuse & Sexual Offences in London: Domestic Abuse represents one in every ten recorded crimes in London. There were 94,503 flagged domestic abuse offences in 2020/21 and 23,320 domestic abuse violence with injury offences. This accounts for approximately a quarter of all domestic abuse offences. Havering: Data from The Mayor's Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) shows domestic abuse activity in Havering increased by 5.7% to 7,795 in 2019-20 then decreased by 3.5% to 7,522 in 2020-21. However, because of covid restrictions it is possible fewer domestic abuse cases were reported and it is likely cases may rise over the coming years.

More recent data is available on the MOPAC domestic and sexual violence dashboard: https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/data-and-statistics/crime /domestic-and-sexual

Information on crime and Community Safety in Havering is available through the Havering data intelligence hub at https://www.haveringdata.net/


More information

Additional text

To participate in this e-Tender exercise, you will need to ensure that your company has registered on Oracle Fusion via the link below.
https://elfy.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/faces/PrcPosRegisterSupplier?prcBuId=300000002366037


About the buyer

Address

LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING
Town Hall, Main Road
RM1 3BB
England

Email

eprocurement@onesource.co.uk

Website

https://www.havering.gov.uk