Award

Domestic Abuse Support Services (Family Safeguarding Plus)

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

15 Apr 2025 at 14:55

Planning

12 Apr 2024 at 09:15

Summary of the contracting process

Oxfordshire County Council has awarded a contract for the provision of Domestic Abuse Support Services under the Family Safeguarding Plus Model. This procurement, classified under CPV code 85312300 for guidance and counselling services, falls within the services category. The contract, valued at £2,752,355, was signed on 24 June 2024 and aims to enhance statutory children's social care services through rapid, proactive support and intervention. The procurement process followed an open procedure, commencing the tender stage on 12 April 2024, with an end date for submissions set for 24 May 2024. The award was finalised on 15 April 2025, and the contract is currently in the active stage. The service is intended to be deployed across the UK region.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in social care services, particularly those experienced in handling family and domestic abuse cases. The Family Safeguarding Plus Model requires multi-agency teams equipped with a range of intervention techniques, making it suitable for organisations with expertise in multidisciplinary approaches and collaboration with statutory bodies like police and probation services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly those with strong backgrounds in social care, guidance, and counselling, will find this contract a lucrative avenue for growth, enabling them to expand their service offerings and establish credibility within the public sector. Elmore Community Services, an SME based in Oxford, has been named the supplier, showcasing the opportunities available for smaller organisations to secure significant government contracts.

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Notice Title

Domestic Abuse Support Services (Family Safeguarding Plus)

Notice Description

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model (FSPM) was developed by Oxfordshire County Council and designed to improve the main statutory children's social care services. The Family Safeguarding Plus Model is designed to provide rapid, proactive support and intervention to children and their families. It is delivered by small multiagency teams who are trained in a range of highly effective interventions to address the complexity of the impact of the trio of vulnerabilities on children; reduce the number of children subject to statutory intervention and enable children to be cared for safely and thrive within their own families. Deployment of the Family Safeguarding Plus Model, with its multi-disciplinary joint children's and adult team specialists, is required to enhance the support to adults and children for statutory children's social care work and who are victims of and/or low risk perpetrators of Domestic Abuse. The Council is recommissioning the existing model with a similar Specification with the clear definition that this service focuses on low-risk perpetrators and med-high risk perpetrators supported by statutory services: Police and Crime Commissioner through the DRIVE program (Thames Valley Police) and Probation.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Family Safeguarding Plus Model (FSPM) was developed by Oxfordshire County Council and designed to improve the main statutory children's social care services. The Family Safeguarding Plus Model is designed to provide rapid, proactive support and intervention to children and their families. It is delivered by small multiagency teams who are trained in a range of highly effective interventions to address the complexity of the impact of the trio of vulnerabilities on children; reduce the number of children subject to statutory intervention and enable children to be cared for safely and thrive within their own families. Deployment of the Family Safeguarding Plus Model, with its multi-disciplinary joint children's and adult team specialists, is required to enhance the support to adults and children for statutory children's social care work and who are victims of and/or low risk perpetrators of Domestic Abuse. The Council is recommissioning the existing model with a similar Specification with the clear definition that this service focuses on low-risk perpetrators and med-high risk perpetrators supported by statutory services: Police and Crime Commissioner through the DRIVE program (Thames Valley Police) and Probation.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0451ae
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015330-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,752,355 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Apr 202510 months ago
Submission Deadline
24 May 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
23 Jun 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Ms Bronwyn Fletcher
Contact Email
startwellprocurement@oxfordshire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7922848342

Buyer Location

Locality
OXFORD
Postcode
OX1 1TH
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Oxford
Electoral Ward
Osney & St Thomas
Westminster Constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ELMORE COMMUNITY SERVICES

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