Published date: 2 March 2022

Last edited date: 17 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: 1 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Health and social work services - 85000000

  • Social work and related services - 85300000

Location of contract

S60 1AE

Value of contract

£0 to £2,200,000

Procurement reference

20220302103107-104118

Published date

2 March 2022

Closing date

1 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

30 September 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Open

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

RMBC is seeking to procure a dynamic, proactive Domestic Abuse support, safety planning and advocacy service. The Service will deliver all aspects of a Domestic Abuse support service from the provision of advice and guidance, joint communications and campaigns, an accessible pathway into services, safety planning, ongoing support, and therapeutic services for all those affected by domestic abuse. The Service will give particular focus to women and families, men, mental health, housing, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Communities and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Queer/Sometimes Questioning (LGBTQ).

This service is being commissioned to assist the Council to fulfil its statutory duties towards victims of domestic abuse and their children.

This agreement is for the sole use of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC).

The service will be subject to core and non-core contract activities as detailed in the contract documents.

Bidders are advised that the maximum budget available for the core provision of this contract is £440,000 per annum.

The contract may be subject to future additional funding sources throughout the lifetime of the contract, this non-core activity will be linked to any service or provision that meet the needs of or provide outcomes for the victims of domestic abuse. The non-core requirements as they arise will be subject to negotiation and agreement with the successful provider.

The non-core activity will form part of a framework contract for additional services which the Council may place orders for from time to time subject to additional funding.

The costs submitted by the bidder will be fixed and firm for the full duration of the initial 3-year contract term. Should the extension term be exercised, an uplift may be applied in line with the Consumer Price Index.

It is anticipated that the contract will commence on 01/10/2022 and will run for a period of 36 months making the expiry date 30/09/2025. The contract will have an option to extend by a further 1 x 24-month period at the sole discretion of the Council making the latest possible expiry date 30/09/2027

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The Council is committed to a performance and evidence-based approach to Social Value, bidders are required to propose credible Social Value commitments.

The incumbent supplier of this service considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 apply to this contract.


About the buyer

Contact name

Lorna Byne

Address

Riverside House, Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE
ENG

Telephone

+44 1709334159

Email

lorna.byne@rotherham.gov.uk

Website

https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/