Contract

Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach Service

  • Durham County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract award notice)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-000883

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-040297

Published 11 January 2024, 8:28am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Durham County Council

County Hall

DURHAM

DH15UQ

Contact

Donna Iley

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKC14 - Durham CC

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.durham.gov.uk

Buyer's address

www.nepo.org

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach Service

Reference number

DN680984

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This contract is for a Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach service in County Durham.

The service will consist of multiple elements sitting under a single point of contact for individuals or agencies seeking support. The service will operate in close partnership with the Council and other key partner agencies (eg. County Durham and Darlington Constabulary, Health services etc.).

The service will be a specialist domestic abuse service with the necessary resources, experience and expertise in supporting victim-survivors of domestic abuse (including children and young people and those who cause harm) working in partnership with a range of agencies.

The service is to include, but is not limited to, the provision of the following to victim-survivors of domestic abuse that reside within County Durham:

• A Perpetrator/Prevention service.

• An Independent Domestic Abuse Advocacy (IDVA) service.

• A Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse

(CAPVA) service which includes the delivery of the REPSECT

Young People's Programme.

• Delivery of a range of empowerment programmes that

support recovery (this includes the delivery of the National

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

Domestic Abuse Recovering Together (DART) Programme).

• Access to specialist domestic abuse counsellors.

• Adult victim support services.

• Specific support to Children and Young People (CYP).

• Administration of Operation Encompass notifications.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £6,553,800

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKC14 - Durham CC

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement is issued under an Open Tender process in line with Public Contracts Regulation 2015, under Regulation 74 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for contracts for social and other specific services (Light Touch Regime).

two.2.14) Additional information

The proposed contract is to be let with an option to extend for a further 2 periods of 24 months each from the actual end date.

The Council believes that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) applies to this contract.


Section four. Procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2023/S 000-027894


Section five. Award of contract

Title

Countywide Domestic Abuse Specialist Outreach Service

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

10 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Harbour Support Services

Hartlepool

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKC11 - Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
Charity Commission (England and Wales)

1086897

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £7,000,000

Lowest offer: £6,553,800 / Highest offer: £7,000,000 taken into consideration


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom