Published date: 21 September 2023

This notice was replaced on 11 January 2024

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Awarded contract (published 11 January 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1 to £7,000,000

Procurement reference

DCC001-DN680984-32412965

Published date

21 September 2023

Closing date

23 October 2023

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2026

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

This contract is for a Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach service in County Durham.

The service will consist of multiple elements sitting under a single point of contact for individuals or agencies seeking support. The service will operate in close partnership with the Council and other key partner agencies (eg. County Durham and Darlington Constabulary, Health services etc.).

The service will be a specialist domestic abuse service with the necessary resources, experience and expertise in supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse (including children and young people and those who cause harm) working in partnership with a range of agencies.

The service is to include, but is not limited to, the provision of the following to victim-survivors of domestic abuse that reside within County Durham:

• A Perpetrator/Prevention service.
• An Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (IDVA) service.
• A Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA) service which includes the delivery of the REPSECT Young
People's Programme.
• Delivery of a range of empowerment programmes that support recovery (this includes the delivery of the National Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) Domestic Abuse Recovering Together (DART) Programme).
• Access to specialist domestic abuse counsellors.
• Adult victim support services.
• Specific support to Children and Young People (CYP).
• Administration of Operation Encompass notifications.

This contract is being let with two extension periods of 24 months each subject to funding and commissioner approval.


More information

Additional text

Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN680984


About the buyer

Contact name

Donna Iley

Address

County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UG
England

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Website

http://www.durham.gov.uk