Opportunity

Domestic Abuse Support Services (Family Safeguarding Plus)

  • Oxfordshire County Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (prior information notice with call for competition)

Notice reference: 2024/S 000-011909

Published 12 April 2024, 10:15am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Oxfordshire County Council

County Hall, New Road

Oxford

OX1 1TH

Contact

Ms Bronwyn Fletcher

Email

bronwyn.fletcher@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7922848342

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

Buyer's address

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://sebp.due-north.com/

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

Domestic Abuse Support Services (Family Safeguarding Plus)

Reference number

DN719320

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model (FSPM) was developed by Oxfordshire County Council and designed to improve the main statutory children’s social care services.

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model is designed to provide rapid, proactive support and intervention to children and their families. It is delivered by small multiagency teams who are trained in a range of highly effective interventions to address the complexity of the impact of the trio of vulnerabilities on children; reduce the number of children subject to statutory intervention and enable children to be cared for safely and thrive within their own families.

Deployment of the Family Safeguarding Plus Model, with its multi-disciplinary joint children’s and adult team specialists, is required to enhance the support to adults and children for statutory children’s social care work and who are victims of and/or low risk perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.

The Council is recommissioning the existing model with a similar Specification with the clear definition that this service focuses on low-risk perpetrators and med-high risk perpetrators supported by statutory services: Police and Crime Commissioner through the DRIVE program (Thames Valley Police) and Probation.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model (FSPM) was developed by Oxfordshire County Council and designed to improve the main statutory children’s social care services.

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model is designed to provide rapid, proactive support and intervention to children and their families. It is delivered by small multiagency teams who are trained in a range of highly effective interventions to address the complexity of the impact of the trio of vulnerabilities on children; reduce the number of children subject to statutory intervention and enable children to be cared for safely and thrive within their own families.

Deployment of the Family Safeguarding Plus Model, with its multi-disciplinary joint children’s and adult team specialists, is required to enhance the support to adults and children for statutory children’s social care work and who are victims of and/or low risk perpetrators of Domestic Abuse.

The Council is recommissioning the existing model with a similar Specification with the clear definition that this service focuses on low-risk perpetrators and med-high risk perpetrators supported by statutory services: Police and Crime Commissioner through the DRIVE program (Thames Valley Police) and Probation.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of expressions of interest

Date

24 May 2024

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.5) Scheduled date for start of award procedures

22 July 2024