Notice Information
Notice Title
Domestic Abuse Recovery Service
Notice Description
Liverpool City Council is to award a provider a contract to deliver a Domestic Abuse Recovery Service (DARS) to individuals experiencing or at risk of domestic abuse. The purpose of the service is to appoint a provider to deliver a minimum of 12 units for a DARS to be commissioned on a 24-month basis with an option to extend the contract for up to a further twelve-month extension period(s) for a value of up to PS500,000 per annum (excluding VAT) using funds from the Domestic Abuse New Burdens Funding 2025/26 revenue grant allocation. This procurement took place as an Open Procedure procurement under the Procurement Act 2023, with the units being delivered in separate single gendered buildings with a minimum of 6 self-contained units within each site.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 24-month contract with an option to extend the contract for up to a further twelve-month extension period(s).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0606e4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030909-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, 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
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
85 - Health and social work services
-
- CPV Codes
85000000 - Health and social work services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £999,574 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Apr 20264 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Feb 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Apr 2026 - 28 Apr 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL
- 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 1DS
- Post Town
- Liverpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD7 Merseyside
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD72 Liverpool
- Delivery Location
- TLD72 Liverpool
-
- Local Authority
- Liverpool
- Electoral Ward
- Waterfront South
- Westminster Constituency
- Liverpool Riverside
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030909-2026
2nd April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003582-2026
15th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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