Victim Support Services for West Mercia PCC

Concepts

• west mercia
• health and social work
• worcester
• victim support services
• victims of crime
• support services
• west mercia pcc
• victim services
• existing victim service model
• victim advice line

Location

Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire: within West Mercia only

Description

Commissioning of support services for victims of crime for West Mercia PCC.

Total Quantity or Scope

Under section 143 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) were given wide ranging powers to commission or provide victim services and are able to use Ministry of Justice (MoJ) annual grant funding to do this. In 2018, the existing victim service model was re-designed, seeking to make improvements to the provision of services which support victims of crime, and as such, the Victim Advice Line (VAL) was created. The Victim Advice Line is a single point of contact for all victims of crime in West Mercia, which is hosted by the Police but remains independent in terms of service delivery. An initial contract was commissioned for a 3 year period, where face to face support for victims of crime is provided. The Commissioner is currently reviewing arrangements for the provision of its services to support victims of crime and as a result is conducting some early market engagement activity, to assist with informing the future direction of services. The Commissioner is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) with a view to establishing the scale and capability of the market to provide these services. Additional information: Please note: The main area of work is within the West Mercia Policing area, comprising of: Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin and Worcestershire

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner is currently reviewing the arrangements for the provision of its services to support victims of crime, and as such is conducting some early market engagement activity, to assist with informing the future direction of services. The Commissioner is issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) with a view to establishing the scale and capability of the market to provide these services. Organisations are advised to read the attached supporting document and are invited to respond to this PIN by no later than 12:00 (noon) 18.06.21. An expression of interest should be made using the messaging facility on the Bluelight portal providing confirmation of the name of the organisation and an email address of the person acting as a point of contact. The Commissioner will collate responses and consider how to proceed. Please note: that currently the procurement process to be followed is yet to be defined.