Planning

Provision of Support for Children and Young People Affected by Domestic Abuse and Unhealthy Relationships

  • Norfolk County Council

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-023500

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03eeea

Published 11 August 2023, 8:22am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Norfolk County Council

County Hall, Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 1DH

Email

sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.norfolk.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

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

Provision of Support for Children and Young People Affected by Domestic Abuse and Unhealthy Relationships

Reference number

NCCT42762

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Norfolk County Council contract for the provision of Support for Children and Young People who Witness Domestic Abuse is due to end on the 31st of March 2024. The Council is currently scoping its requirements for a new Preventing Abuse and Unhealthy Relationships contract to commence on the 1 April 2024. The Provider/s will be expected to deliver one service that operates a primary, secondary, and tertiary preventative model offer aimed at preventing abuse and unhealthy relationships, and supporting those who have been affected, to be delivered in school and community settings. This includes delivering awareness raising work to prevent abuse and unhealthy relationships and direct intervention for those young people aged 5 -19 and up to 25 with SEND who are victims in schools and communities. This will operate as one contract with the flexibility to cover Norfolk countywide.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £558,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85000000 - Health and social work services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKH17 - Breckland and South Norfolk
  • UKH16 - North and West Norfolk
  • UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Before we go out to tender, we wish to engage with the market and invite interested bidders to attend a Teams meeting to hear more about this project. We currently have contracts for this service and believe that TUPE will apply. If you wish to engage with us, please express an interest in this project (after registering on intend. The website address is https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc ) and use the correspondence facility. We expect the event to take place on 22 August over Teams. If you are interested, please send the names and email addresses of all who wish to attend. An invite will be issued with joining instructions.

two.2.14) Additional information

The value is an estimate based on a 3 year contract with the option to extend for a further 3 years subject to funding and satisfactory performance.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

18 September 2023


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Please note we are currently only seeking expressions of interest and to inform you of the opportunity for market engagement. As such no documentation is currently available. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Council`s e-procurement system. To participate in this procurement and gain access to documents when they are available, applicants must first be registered on the system at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/BuyerProfiles. Once registered you will be able to see the procurement project under the `tenders` section and `express an interest` in the project. If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing support@in-tend.co.uk.