Tender

Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Fund

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Tender

20 Jul 2018 at 14:43

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office is seeking proposals for the "Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Fund" aimed at supporting children under the age of 18 years who have experienced domestic abuse. This grant funding opportunity totals £8 million, which is allocated from April 2018 to March 2020. The procurement method is a grant award, and interested parties are required to submit their bids online through the Crown Commercial Services eSourcing portal by the deadline of 19 September 2018. The fund is available to both statutory and non-statutory organisations across England and Wales, with a minimum bid value of £500,000 identified in the tender documentation.

This tender provides significant opportunities for business growth, particularly for organisations focused on social services, child welfare, and community support. Both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations would be well-suited to participate, especially those that can demonstrate past results in delivering similar interventions. Successful applicants will not only gain funding but also enhance their capability to impact positively on children's lives affected by domestic abuse, contributing to a cause that commands considerable public and governmental support.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Children Affected by Domestic Abuse Fund

Notice Description

The Home Office is seeking to tackle domestic abuse by allocating PS8M grant funding (from April 2018 to March 2020) for interventions designed to support children under the age of 18 years who are/have been exposed to domestic abuse. Submissions are welcome from statutory (e.g. local commissioners, be they PCCs, local authorities or health commissioners, across England and Wales) and non-statutory organisations across England and Wales as well as consortium bids incorporating larger and smaller organisations (but these must have a legal lead.) Bidders should note that a Home Office condition of any grant funding will be that grant recipients are not permitted to charge, apply fees to or require payment for any activity provided in connection with this Grant Agreement or otherwise use the grant to undertake or engage in activities that result in commercial gain or profit. All bids must be for two years only, and bidders must be able to demonstrate the ability to spend their entire potential award by the 31 March 2020. Please be aware that you may bid for a minimum of PS500,000 and while there will not be a formal cap placed on the amount an organisation can bid for, we expect all bids to be scalable. To ensure diversity of funding, please be aware that we may scale back top scoring bids in line with the scalability details provided in the tender documentation. All submissions will be evaluated using the criteria made available in the tender documentation. All successful organisations will be allocated funding centrally via a Grant Agreement from the Home Office. The process leading to the award of the grant will be administered using Crown Commercial Services eSourcing portal, and all submissions must be made online via this portal. To take part in this grant funding opportunity, please see the 'how to apply' guidance (within the attachment) that provides important instructions for registration on the portal, then gaining access to this opportunity. Traditional email or hard copy final submissions or proposals will not be accepted. This is an online competition only. Whilst funding will not be awarded until October/November 2018 at the earliest, Bidders should be aware that organisations may bid for costs already incurred since 01 April 2018, provided any expenditure that is retrospectively funded can be proven to have delivered the same outcomes and impacts that are being sought by this funding. This should not be construed as a guarantee that funding will be made available retrospectively from 01 April 2018, and Bidders must acknowledge that the Authority will have sole discretion for all consideration of whether an activity that had already commenced was replicating this funding having provided sufficient evidence to support any entitlement to retrospective funding being backdated from 01 April 2018. Additional information: How to apply for this opportunity. 1. Interested organisations must first be registered as a 'Supplier' on the eSourcing Suite to participate: If you have not already done so, please use the following link https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk. Be aware that registration can take up to 10 working days 2. Instructions on how to use the portal can be found in the attached 'e-Sourcing - Supplier Guidance'. 3. To register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. 4. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp. 5. Once registered on the portal, please email the Authority mailbox 'DomesticAbuseFunding@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk' and ask to be added to the event stating, "Children Affecting by Domestic Abuse - portal access" in the subject title. 6. Please note the email address used to register on the portal must be the same you advise DomesticAbuseFunding@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk inbox as it is this individual who will be provided with the access the event. 7. Once you are added to the portal, all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be managed via the portal. 8. If you have any technical difficulties concerning the CCS eSourcing portal, neither the Home Office Commercial Grants Team nor those managing the DomesticAbuseFunding@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk inbox will be able to offer any assistance. Please contact the CCS eSourcing Team for help. 9. It is imperative you test your portal connection and become familiar with how to submit your bid well in advance of the deadline date. It is conceivable that because the portal operates on the web, internet traffic may affect performance of the portal and this cannot be cited as reason to seek an extension to the submission deadline date.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1384508-fcca-44d6-887c-b6c4f692c1b7
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other - Grant Award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

98 - Other community, social and personal services

CPV Codes

98390000 - Other services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£8,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Jul 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 Sep 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
5 Nov 2018 - 31 Mar 2020 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HOME OFFICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

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