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title: "Community Safety Practitioner Service"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL"
published: "2024-06-21"
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# Community Safety Practitioner Service

Buyer: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6235ead5-fd6a-4152-8cf7-5ef7f7509676

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## Summary

The Oxfordshire County Council has awarded a contract for the "Community Safety Practitioner Service". The contract, classified under community health services, is valued at £408,000 and is for a three-year period starting on 1st April 2024. The procurement method was a direct award, and the tender period ended on 29th March 2024. The contract was awarded to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust and is currently active.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses in the community health services sector, particularly those with expertise in alcohol and substance use prevention. Suitable businesses would need to be able to deliver targeted prevention services to support individuals with complex needs related to alcohol and drug use. The contract aims to enhance community safety through various strategies such as providing brief advice, sharing relevant information, and using surveillance to spot trends in alcohol and drug attendances. Businesses with a focus on evidence-based services and a commitment to community safety would be well-suited to compete for this contract.

## Notice

The subject matter of this process relates to the delivery of services which are listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations. The service is a targeted prevention service which supports those who have complex needs related to alcohol and other substance use to get the right support and prevent further need for emergency support.The contract provides a high quality, evidenced based service that focuses on improving community safety by 1. Supporting adults attending ED for complex health and social problems that are a result of alcohol and illicit drug use through provision of brief advice, 2. Sharing relevant information (Information Sharing to Tackle Violence) in a timely way with key partners to enable those partners to use that information to prevent violence in the community related to alcohol and illegal drugs, 3. Sharing intelligence and aggregated data (Information Sharing to Tackle Violence, ISTV) with key partners, via forums such as the Safer Oxfordshire Partnership and Nightsafe to help prevent violence and other criminal behaviour associated with violence. Sharing intelligence and data at meetings such as MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangement), JTAC (Joint Agency Tasking & Co-Ordination) or MARM (Multi Agency Risk Management) to ensure a co-ordinated approach to reducing violence and criminal activity, such a child exploitation and support those at significant risk of death by misadventure; 4. Using surveillance and auditing of the Electronic Patient Records for ED attendance to spot trends and issues in alcohol and illicit drug attendances which could be relevant to ED staff, 5. Mitigating the risk of violence to hospital staff by proactively sharing information with staff from analysis of data and attendances of people who have caused violence in a hospital setting in the past, 6. Attending key partnership meetings. The contract period is three years, with no option to extend, beginning on 1 April 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d316824c-ac88-40e3-90b8-3ed8fb7659b2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Mar 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2024 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £408,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £408,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | OXFORD |
| Post town | Oxford |
| Postcode | OX1 1ND |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC |
| Local authority | Oxford |
| Electoral ward | Osney & St Thomas |
| Westminster constituency | Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85323000 - Community health services

## Release History

- 21 Jun 2024 at 13:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d316824c-ac88-40e3-90b8-3ed8fb7659b2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d316824c-ac88-40e3-90b8-3ed8fb7659b2
  21st June 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk

## Provenance

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