Support Services for Domestic Abuse

Concepts

• health and social work
• motherwell
• community and personal services
• inclusive domestic abuse service
• domestic abuse services
• service delivery
• single service provider
• domestic abuse
• appropriate supports
• support services

Location

Across the North Lanarkshire area

Description

North Lanarkshire Council (the "Council") intend to award a contract to single service provider for the provision of Support for Domestic Abuse Services. . The proposed contract will be for an initial 24 months with the option to extend for up to a further 2, 12 month periods. The maximum term is 4 years. .

Total Quantity or Scope

In accordance with The Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, Regulation 74, the Council propose to establish a Contract for Support Services for Domestic Abuse 2025/2029. The following information is intended to give Providers an overview of the high-level requirements. … Requirements: We are seeking an inclusive domestic abuse service for any person affected by abuse. … Inclusive domestic abuse service must provide support to those who needed it within the context of gender analysis, related needs/reduce risk and support recovery, which is able to meet current demand, address gaps in service delivery whilst ensuring services are compliant with legislation and national and local policy. . The Service will support all those who require it who are either directly or indirectly affected by domestic abuse. Effective interventions for victims who are high and medium risk with effective processes in place to signpost those at standard risk to appropriate supports. . Further to this overview, a detailed specification is contained within the main Invitation to Tender (ITT) document which is accessible (and downloadable) from the Buyer Attachment area within the PCS-T Tendering System. . The Contract must be carried out in accordance with the information provided within this Contract Notice and the Invitation to Tender documents (ITT) which will be published within the PCS-T Tendering System. . Tenderers must respond to a series of Selection Questions within the PCS-T Qualification Envelope; . Tenderers must downloand and complete a range of Award Questions and Statements located within the PCS-T Technical Envelope; . Tenderers must download and complete a Pricing Schedule located within the PCS-T Commercial Envelope. . Additional information: PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE EXCLUSION GROUNDS: Economic Operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

CPV Codes

• 85000000 - Health and social work services
• 85300000 - Social work and related services
• 85310000 - Social work services
• 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** TENDERERS PLEASE NOTE: Police Scotland identified a number of business areas which have a high risk of infiltration by Serious and Organised Crime groups; this contract belongs to one such area and as such the Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks prior to any contract award, including sharing tenderer information with Police Scotland. The tender pack includes a schedule for the Declaration of non-involvement in serious organised crime; this is a mandatory tender submission requirement for all tenderers. … The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 27942. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: … The Council are seeking community benefits through this contract opportunity, the following are suggestions that Tenderers may include within their proposal: . -Targeted Recruitment and Training: Tenderers may have proposals to recruit staff from the Authority area and and/or may offer individual and young people training, jobs and work experience; -Young Person Engagement: Tenderers may have proposals to provide communications, resources, or run free education training sessions in the Authority’s establishments; -Local Sponsorship/Charitable Contributions: Tenderers may propose sponsorship to organisations within the Authority area; -Supply chain development/SMEs/Support Businesses; -Community Activities – goods, equipment, expertise, mentoring, time, donations, training, seminars etc. . Tenderers overall proposals for community benefits will be evaluated as part of the Award Criteria, Quality Questionnaire. The proposed community benefits question will be set with a 10% weighting of overall Quality. . (SC Ref:784589)