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Survivors' Voice Forum and Peer Support Provision

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

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Planning

16 Sep 2026 at 15:03

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is planning a service for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual harm and violence against women and girls in Barnsley. The proposed service combines a trauma-informed and accessible Survivors’ Voice Forum with peer support activity. The forum would allow survivors to share views safely, influence service design and shape local partnership priorities. Peer support would complement existing commissioned services, reduce isolation, support recovery and create safe opportunities for people with lived experience to connect. The requirement is classified as health and social work services. Delivery is intended for Barnsley, and the procurement is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises.

This procurement is at the planning and pre-market engagement stage: the council is exploring the market and has not yet invited tenders. It expects to publish a further notice on 5 October 2026. The council asks suppliers to submit market-engagement responses by 12 noon on 2 October 2026, covering what could be delivered under two indicative two-year budgets of £100,000 or £156,000. Suppliers are asked to set out staffing, reach, activity, governance, safeguarding, reporting and outcomes for each model. The proposed contract period is 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028, although the final value and duration will be confirmed in the future tender documentation. The council is seeking feedback on delivery models and mobilisation requirements.

The work will suit organisations with experience supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual harm or violence against women and girls, particularly providers able to combine lived-experience participation with structured peer support. Relevant capability includes trauma-informed practice, accessible and inclusive engagement, safe facilitation of survivor forums, safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection. Suppliers should be able to recruit, support and supervise an appropriately skilled workforce, manage participant expectations and create safe connections without duplicating specialist support services. The council is also looking for credible approaches to mobilisation, governance, reporting and outcome measurement, alongside sufficient capacity to deliver at either indicative budget level. Voluntary, community and social enterprises and SMEs are explicitly considered suitable.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Survivors' Voice Forum and Peer Support Provision

Notice Description

The Council is intending to undertake a procurement exercise for the delivery of a Survivors' Voice Forum and peer support provision for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual harm and violence against women and girls in Barnsley. In order to help inform such an exercise, the Council is undertaking this pre-market engagement stage to explore what is available, understand what could be delivered at two indicative budget levels, and seek feedback and guidance from the supply market. The potential requirement will be around: - A trauma-informed, accessible Survivors' Voice Forum that enables victims and survivors to safely share views, influence service design and shape local partnership priorities. - Peer group support activity that complements existing commissioned services, reduces isolation, supports recovery and creates safe opportunities for survivors to connect with others with lived experience. - Two indicative delivery models: one based on a two-year budget of PS100,000 and one based on a two-year budget of PS156,000, setting out the expected level of staffing, reach, activity, governance, safeguarding, reporting and outcomes that could be delivered within each budget. - Consideration of mobilisation requirements, workforce capacity, safeguarding arrangements, confidentiality, data protection, accessibility, inclusion, managing participant expectations and how lived experience activity can be delivered safely without duplicating existing specialist support services. As part of this exercise the Council is requesting responses to a number of questions detailed at Appendix 1 - Request for Information within the Pre-Market Engagement document. The deadline for submission of this appendix is 12:00 noon 2nd October 2026. Please note that the final value and contract duration are not yet confirmed and will be published when the tender documentation is advertised.

Planning Information

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=109182&TID=100114233&B=

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-07739e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087853-2026
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

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
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
16 Sep 20265 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
5 Oct 20262 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 31 Mar 2028 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Planning
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE
Postcode
S70 2TA
Postcode Area
Sheffield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE3 South Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE33 Barnsley
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Barnsley
Electoral Ward
Central
Westminster Constituency
Barnsley North

Further Information

Notice Documents

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