Invitation to Tender for the provision of Refuge, dispersed refuge and support for victims of domestic abuse in HerefordshireFloating Support for Men and BoysSafe Accommodation and Floating Support Lived Experience Advisory Group Co-ordination

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Herefordshire Council (the council) would like to thank you for your interest in this opportunity for the procurement of domestic abuse services in Herefordshire. This tender relates to opportunity includes four specific lots as follows: • Lot 1 – safe accommodation (refuge and extended refuge) and domestic abuse support services for vulnerable adults and young people, it consists of two lots. children. A single contract will be awarded for each service lot. However, tenders will be welcomed from provider partnerships, consortiums or those involving sub-contracting, as well as from individual providers. The provider will be expected to mobilise ready for the new service to commence delivery on the dates specified below. The council is interested in bids from organisations with substantial knowledge and experience of providing the relevant support service for homeless or potentially homeless vulnerable individuals who may be care experienced young people and people who may have multiple complex vulnerabilities. Strong bids will also demonstrate proficiency and experience of working in an open, transparent and collaborative way across whole systems. Whilst the • Lot 2 – safe accommodation based (dispersed units) and floating support services are separate tender Lots they could be operated by a single provider or consortium and the tender is constructed to allow bids for either or all Lots. victims of domestic abuse in Herefordshire • Lot 3 – Domestic abuse support for men and boys • Lot 4 – Lived Experience Advisory Group Co-ordination To view the documentation related to this opportunity you will need to register on the portal, if you are not already register with Procontract, and express an interest in the opportunity. To Register with Procontract on the Supplying the Southwest Portal click on the link below or copy and paste the link into your browser address bar; https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk