Published date: 6 April 2023

Last edited date: 13 April 2023

This notice was replaced on 28 February 2025

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Awarded contract (published 28 February 2025)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

VRU Hospital Based Youth Work

Published date

6 April 2023

Closing date

9 May 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2023

Contract end date

1 March 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

VRU - London A&E In-Hospital Youth Work Service

The VRU is seeking to procure an in-hospital youth work service to work within five Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) departments in London hospitals -

Lot 1 - Croydon University Hospital A&E
Lot 2 - University Hospital Lewisham A&E and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E
Lot 3 - Newham University Hospital A&E
Lot 4 - The Whittington A&E


This will take the form of youth workers embedded within each hospital's A&E department, who will then engage with young people aged 11-25 presenting at the specified A&E departments with an violence related injury or suspected to be affected by violence or at risk of exploitation. In-hospital youth work services will then support the young person into longer-term non-hospital-based services, either statutory or community based, that may support in a range of areas such as employment, education, housing or mental health.

You must email your completed tender response to: VRUProcurement@london.gov.uk, tender submission deadline is 12:00 noon on 9th May 2023.

If you have any clarification questions please email these to VRUProcurement@london.gov.uk . When sending your clarifications to the inbox please use the subject 'London A&E In-Hospital Youth Work Service '.


Clarification deadline has been set as 27th April 2023 @ 12.00 noon.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

Please apply by using the zip file for the all the documents above and send your submission to the VRUprocurement@london.gov.uk email address by the closing date 9th May 2023 @ 12:00noon.

About the buyer

Contact name

Ade Balogun

Address

Union Street
London
SE10LL
United Kingdom

Email

vruprocurement@london.gov.uk

Website

https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/services-we-fund/current-mopac-and-vru-bidding-opportunities