DoJ Provision of Support Services for Potential Adult Victims of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking (MSHT)

Concepts

• social services
• doj provision of support services for potential adult victims of modern slavery and human trafficking
• msht
• belfast
• doj provision of support services
• potential adult victims of modern slavery
• provision of support services
• human rights
• human trafficking
• potential victims

Location

Belfast

Description

The Department wishes to appoint a Contractor(s) for the provision of support services for potential adult victims of modern slavery who have been subjected to any form of modern slavery, including victims of human trafficking or victims of slavery, servitude or forced and compulsory labour. The support service will also extend to children. Under the current contract, on occasion children have also been recovered with adults, albeit they are not necessarily potential victims. The Department wishes to replicate provision for children under the new contract so as to comply with Article 8 of the European Convention Human Rights (ECHR), the right to a family life.

Lot Division

Award Detail

Renewal Options

Total Duration: up to seven years. Initial Period: three years. Extensions: two periods of two years each

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85320000 - Social services

Indicators

• Options are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Please note that information relating to contractors engaged by the Northern Ireland Department of Justice, and associated bodies, is not published in any publicly accessible forum or publication. This is to protect such contractors, whose security and safety could be threatened by dissident terrorist organisations still active in Northern Ireland if their details became known. This is consistent with Regulation 50(6)(a).. . The contract values listed are broad estimates only and include additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof for additional potential. There is no guarantee of any level of business under this contract. The estimates are not deemed to be conditions of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. . . Contract Monitoring: The successful contractors' performance on this contract will be managed as per specification and regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels. of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in Construction and Procurement Delivery for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued with a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a period of up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice.. . This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives..