Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Safeguarding Support for Covid-19 Inquiry
Notice Description
Crown Commercial Service, intends to put in place contracts for the provision of Emotional Support service for use by the Covid 19 Inquiry. The Inquiry has pledged to be trauma-informed across all of its work. A trauma informed approach means seeking to reduce the risk of retraumatisation to people who are engaging with the Inquiry. Emotional support is one of the key ways of reducing retraumatisation by offering timely, sensitive, psychologically informed emotional support to people engaging with the Inquiry's work. Emotional support is not counselling or therapy. The focus is on facilitating the person's engagement with the Inquiry, creating support plans, facilitating stabilisation, providing psychological containment and facilitating the person's journey through their engagement process. The contracts shall provide the offer of emotional support for everyone engaging with the Inquiry, divided into 3 separate Lots: Lot 1 Digital emotional support service with accessible offer for ALL Lot 2 Phone based and face to face emotional support Lot 3 Staff-related tender for reflective practice, 1:1 emotional support for staff and training rollouts
Lot Information
Digital emotional support service with accessible offer for ALL (phone call equiv to texts)
- Digital service offering - Website with easy to navigate, downloadable psychoeducation materials including advice, self guided resources. - Stories of courage and hope from people impacted by Covid - Text based support service available to anyone who needs it - Triaging - the digital service provider would triage clients according to need. Pathways into Tier 2 would be swift and robust.
Phone based and face to face emotional support- Emotional support via telephone, video call (or F2F if at a community event), offering: psychological safety building, support plans, containment, risk assessment where needed. - Pathway from Tier 1 to Tier 2 for ESM ppts who are significantly distressed by their engagement. - Everyone could be given the details of the website for resources but some individuals engaging with the Inquiry would go straight into the Tier 2 level. - Direct entry pathway into Tier 2 enhanced support for: - ESM Targeted Research ppts - People engaging in focus groups or activity that is inviting recollection of traumatic events - Hearings related support - witnesses and CP model from this Tier
Staff-related tender for reflective practice, 1:1 emotional support for staff and training rolloutsInquiry staff will come into contact with people and materials that could potentially cause distress (e.g. evidential documents, witness testimony etc.) and therefore require additional emotional support beyond the standard employee assistance programs. The supplier would be expected to deliver: - Staff Training events - Group reflective support - 1-on-1 support
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03e0ec
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020206-2023
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79633000 - Staff development services
80511000 - Staff training services
80561000 - Health training services
85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
85312310 - Guidance services
85312320 - Counselling services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,645,650 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jul 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 8 Aug 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Crown Commercial Service
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LIVERPOOL
- Postcode
- L3 9PP
- Postcode Area
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- City Centre North
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
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