HAC5910 - Tower Hamlets Generic Women’s Refuge

Concepts

• health and social work
• tower hamlets council
• asian women
• tower hamlets
• women
• tower
• generic
• refuges
• hamlets
• refuge

Location

London

Description

Tender for provision of supported emergency accommodation which offers Asian women with their children an immediate safe route out of homes where they have experienced domestic abuse. Provision of the support staff to fulfil this requirement. Contract is for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for a further two 12-month periods, at circa £153,000 per year. The estimated value for the five year term is £765,000

Total Quantity or Scope

Tower Hamlets has a proud history of supporting people who are socially excluded through the delivery of personalised, early intervention housing support services. Tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a key priority for the Council and has developed the Tower Hamlets Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2019-24. This strategy sets out our priorities and commitments for tackling all forms of gendered violence. The provision of supported emergency accommodation which offers Asian women with their children an immediate safe route out of homes where they have experienced domestic abuse is key to meeting this commitment. Further to this the new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 places a duty on local authorities in England to provide support to victims of domestic abuse and their children in refuges or other safe accommodation. Tower Hamlets Council delivers our refuge provision within a pan-London strategic response to domestic violence working closely with the Greater London Authority (GLA) and specifically the Mayors Office for Policing & Crime (MOPAC). London’s draft strategy for consultation was published on 5th November 2021, informed by a London needs assessment. The final Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Strategy was published in December 2021 The service will deliver as a minimum: • 5 hours per week, per person of direct support • It should include as a minimum a first point of contact for service users during the operating hours. Full information can be found in the tender documents

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Tower Hamlets reserve the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the services at it's sole discretion. The Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant's/tenderer's risk. The Authority anticipates that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 does apply to this Contract