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Child Focused Courts: Lancashire IDVA Support Service

Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

Award

02 Oct 2026 at 09:13

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Jul 2026 at 11:21

UK4 - Tender Notice
PlanningUpdate

24 Jun 2026 at 14:23

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Planning

24 Jun 2026 at 14:16

UK3 - Planned Procurement Notice
Planning

24 Jun 2026 at 13:32

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire is procuring a domestic abuse support service for victims involved in Child Focused Courts. The service is intended to support the courts’ investigative and problem-solving approach and improve children’s experience of family court proceedings, while providing additional support to victims of domestic abuse. This is a service contract covering Lancashire. The procurement combines specialist domestic abuse victim support with work in a family-court setting. It is relevant to providers able to support people affected by domestic abuse and work alongside the court model; the commissioner is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire.

The procurement has been awarded through an open procedure. Safenet Domestic Abuse and Support Services Ltd was selected, with one bid recorded. The award date was 1 October 2026 and the award is listed as pending. The award value is £1,024,053.30 excluding VAT (£1,228,860.96 including VAT). The contract period is 17 November 2026 to 31 March 2028, with two possible one-year extensions, subject to funding and future commissioning arrangements, potentially taking the end date to 31 March 2030. The single lot was evaluated on quality, weighted at 80%, and price, weighted at 20%.

This award demonstrates demand from Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner for specialist domestic abuse support integrated with a child-focused family-court model. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need the ability to provide victim support in the context of family proceedings and to work in a way that supports children’s experience of court. The evaluation placed substantially greater weight on service quality than on price, so suppliers would need to evidence a strong, deliverable service model as well as competitive pricing. The selected provider is a small and medium-sized enterprise and a voluntary, community or social enterprise, showing that this contract was within the reach of a mission-led specialist provider. The work is a substantial, sustained service rather than a one-off supply.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Child Focused Courts: Lancashire IDVA Support Service

Notice Description

Child Focus Courts represent a complete reform of the family courts system, adopting an investigative and problem-solving approach to improve the experience of family courts for children and bring in additional domestic abuse support for victims. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire is looking to procure a supplier to deliver the domestic abuse support for victims to support this model.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: +1 year to 31 March 2029, +1 year to 31 March 2030 (Subject to confirmation of funding & future commissioning arrangements following expected PCC changes).

Planning Information

The Office will be hosting a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 22nd July from 10-11am for interested suppliers. The event will cover; - Instructions for applying using InTend portal. - High-level overview of finalised service specification - Indicative budget – subject to final approval - Timeline for the process, including the tender opening date, clarification questions window and tender deadline. The event will be hosted via MS Teams, to book a place on the event contact commissioningandprocurement@lancashire-pcc.gov.uk.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc2d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093111-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, 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, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85140000 - Miscellaneous health services

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,024,053 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,024,053 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,024,053 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Oct 20264 days ago
Submission Deadline
28 Aug 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
29 Jul 2026Expired
Award Date
1 Oct 20266 days ago
Contract Period
17 Nov 2026 - 31 Mar 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
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
PRESTON
Postcode
PR4 5SB
Postcode Area
Preston
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD45 Mid Lancashire
Delivery Location
TLD4 Lancashire
Local Authority
Preston
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Preston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Safenet Domestic Abuse and Support Services Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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