Drive Project: Responding to Perpetrators of Domestic Abuse in Avon and Somerset

Description

4.3 The Drive Project is a response to domestic abuse that aims to reduce the number of child and adult victims of domestic abuse by disrupting and changing perpetrator behaviour. It implements a whole-system approach through an intensive individual case management intervention alongside a co-ordinated multi-agency response to drive perpetrators to change their behaviour. The Drive Project focuses on increasing victim safety alongside the crucial protective work of victims’ services. The service has been developed to knit together existing services, complementing and enhancing existing interventions. Conducted under Section 7 of Chapter 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 2.4 It is intended that the Contract will be awarded in March 2023 with mobilisation commencing 1st April 2023 for a Go-Live date of 1 August 2023. The Contract shall be awarded (subject to Funding) for an initial period of 2 years with the possibility for the contract to be extended for a period of up to a maximum of 2 additional years from and including the Contract start date but will be subject to the terms set out in the Contract.