Award

Domestic Abuse Community Support Service

CORNWALL COUNCIL

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Award

08 Dec 2025 at 12:20

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process initiated by Cornwall Council for the "Domestic Abuse Community Support Service" has successfully concluded with contract awards. This procurement, under an open procedure, involves providing services fostering support for domestic abuse and sexual violence victims within Cornwall, UK. Administered under the light-touch regime, the process featured key components including a domestic abuse helpline and educational training. The tendering process spanned multiple stages, with an expression of interest deadline on 27 August 2025 and awards finalised by 8 December 2025. The awarded contracts will activate from 1 April 2026, extending up to a potential 10 years, delivering vital services in collaboration with community partners.

This procurement offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in social services and training within public health sectors. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) have proven especially suited and competitive in this tender, as evidenced by The Women's Centre Cornwall and Barnardo Services Limited's involvement. The business environment encourages collaborative service delivery to forge strong referral pathways, paving the way for organisations focused on therapeutic interventions, advocacy, and educational training to enhance their market position and community impact. Successful bidders will contribute to a coordinated supportive network, leveraging expertise across services to meet community needs effectively.

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Notice Title

Domestic Abuse Community Support Service

Notice Description

The Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) team is responsible for directly commissioning specialist domestic abuse and sexual violence services for Cornwall on behalf of the Safer Cornwall Partnership, to respond to the strategic priorities identified within the partnership Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategies. We use the Public Health Commissioning process to provide a shared understanding of local need, to develop our commissioning intentions, to inform procurement and to evaluate and review whether we are enabling victims, their families and children and those who engage in abusive behaviours to have their needs met effectively. Provision of Domestic Abuse Community Support Services, Cornwall Council will be the lead commissioner for these services on behalf of the Safer Cornwall Partnership. The opportunity will comprise of the following 3 lots and the maximum opportunity of this contract is a period of 10 years. Comprising of an initial 5 year contract term, which may be followed by up to two optional extension clauses, the first of which is 3 years and then a further for 2 years providing the maximum opportunity of 10 years. Lot 1 - Community Domestic Abuse Service - helpline and advocacy To include; * Provision of a Domestic Abuse helpline. * Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service on a need led basis. * Health and Primary Care IDVA Services. * Drop-in services. * Trauma stabilisation experienced/ witnessed and/or been impacted by domestic abuse. * Assertive outreach for those with multiple vulnerabilities. * Peer mentoring and volunteering opportunities. Lot 2 - Community Domestic Abuse Service - recovery and therapeutic support To include; * Recovery and therapeutic support programmes delivered via both 1:1 and group support including trauma stabilisation and trauma processing for those impacted by domestic abuse adults and children. * Behaviour change and interventions (abusive person) programme (for adults and children). * Trauma stabilisation interventions for those who have experienced/ witnessed and/or been impacted by domestic abuse. * Peer mentoring programme * Psychoeducational interventions for adults and children affected by Domestic abuse. Lot 3 - Domestic Abuse Training and education To include; * Awareness raising and training in settings, including E-learning, face to face packages , train the trainer approaches and communities of practice. * Healthy Relationships education programmes in primary, secondary, alternative provisions and those unable to engage in mainstream education. Please Note Each lot will contribute to a wider overall specification, where individual lots are being delivered by different providers there will be an expectation that a co-delivery approach will be taken to deliver a robust single point of access referral pathway and providers will work collaboratively across the piece to deliver the wider service as a whole.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f72
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080557-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services


CPV Codes

80100000 - Primary education services

80200000 - Secondary education services

80300000 - Higher education services

80510000 - Specialist training services

85112000 - Hospital support services

85121100 - General-practitioner services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£16,726,670 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Dec 20252 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Nov 20253 months ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CORNWALL COUNCIL
Contact Name
Mr James Howarth
Contact Email
james.howarth@cornwall.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+441872324971

Buyer Location

Locality
TRURO
Postcode
TR1 3AY
Post Town
Truro
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Cornwall
Electoral Ward
Truro Boscawen & Redannick
Westminster Constituency
Truro and Falmouth

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

BARNARDO SERVICES

THE WOMEN'S CENTRE CORNWALL

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