Recommissioning of Victim Support Services, IDVA, ISVA, DA Perpetrator Programme & Early Intervention & Prevention

Description

Under section 143 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, Police and Crime Commissioner’s (PCC’s) were given wide ranging powers to commission or provide victim services and are able to use Ministry of Justice (MoJ) annual grant funding to do this. At the national level, the MoJ commissions various victim support services, including a witness service, a homicide service, support for victims of human trafficking, and support for victims of rape through rape support centres, national telephone helplines, and other support for victims of domestic and sexual violence. Since 2015, the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner has used some of the annual MoJ grant funding and PCC funding to invest in and deliver the following (headlined only) services below: Victim Services: - ISVA & IDVA , and Since 2020, the Commissioner has used PCC funding and grant funding from the Home Office 'Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Fund', to invest in and deliver the following West Mercia wide services: All Risk programmes consisting of: High - risk level , standard to medium risk and standard OOCR perpetrator programmes. The Commissioner is keen to hear from any service delivery provider(s) with experience of delivering: Child Exploitation Services, Sexual Violence Services or Domestic Abuse Services (which includes Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes), with a footprint or the ability to operate across the West Mercia geographic area. This is a procurement for Services specified in the Procurement Act 2023 as those covered by the Light Touch Regime (LTR). The Commissioner has issued a Tender Notice within Contracts Finder in accordance with the spirit of the Procurement Act 2023, to conduct the procurement process in an open and fair manner, to deliver value for money, to maximise public benefit, to have regard for the sharing of information for the purposes of ensuring procurement is done transparently, the Commissioner will act, and be seen to act with integrity, whilst ensuring equal treatment throughout the procurement process. The procurement exercise will be conducted in accordance with Section 9 of the Procurement Act and the information contained in this Invitation to Tender (ITT) and its associated documents. ## Contract award Title: ISVA Service Lots: - Lot LOT-0001: ISVA - Independent Sexual Violence Advisors - Lot LOT-0002: Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors (IDVA) ## Contract award Title: IDVA Lots: - Lot LOT-0003: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (DAPP) ## Contract award Title: DAPP ( Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes Lots: - Lot LOT-0003: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme (DAPP) ## Contract award Title: Lot 1 - ISVA - Independent Sexual Violence Advisors Lots: - Lot LOT-0001: ISVA - Independent Sexual Violence Advisors ## Contract award Title: Lot 2- IDVA - Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors Lots: - Lot LOT-0002: Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors (IDVA) ## Contract award Title: Lot 2 - Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors (IDVA) Lots: - Lot LOT-0002: Independent Domestic Abuse Advisors (IDVA)