--- title: "Improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME" published: "2024-08-28" --- # Improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation Buyer: MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6f2d1268-1698-4424-9cf6-103c0aebcb93.json) ## Summary The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has issued a tender for a programme aimed at improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence, and exploitation. Classified under the Health and Social Work Services category, this procurement process covers the London region in the United Kingdom. The project involves developing a network of grant-funded groups to provide support and a safe space for affected individuals, improving identification, awareness, and the quality of professional responses to these issues. The procurement is currently in the tender amendment stage, with key deadlines including a questionnaire response date of 18th September 2024 and a contract period from 6th January 2025 to 5th January 2026. The maximum funding allocated for this programme is £120,000 GBP. This tender presents significant business growth opportunities, particularly for SMEs and Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprises (VCSEs) involved in health and social services. Businesses with expertise in providing trauma-responsive support, organising community groups, and conducting needs assessments would be well-suited to compete. The project's focus on co-designed activities with high community impact and collaboration with professional bodies will be advantageous. Additionally, the role of a Delivery Coordination Provider, which includes continuous learning, monitoring, and evaluation, can showcase a business's ability to lead comprehensive support programmes and influence policy changes. ## Notice Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: Description of the procurement Instead of: The programme will deliver a range of co-designed activities with girls and young women who have experienced harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. These activities will enable the collation and amplification of girls and young women's voices in relation to that harm, to inform and improve professional responses to their needs. *Bringing together an eco-system of grant funded girls and young women's groups and leading on co-design and co-delivery activity with girls and young women. *Leading on the continuous learning and development of grant funded practitioners who directly support girls and young women. *Monitoring and evaluation including co-developed recommendations for improved professional responses. Programme delivery will run for one year and include all above activities. There is scope for the completion of the evaluation beyond programme delivery, anticipated to be funded on a day rate basis. We are publishing this notification to ask organisations to complete an informal questionnaire to further develop our understanding of the market. The deadline to respond to the questionnaire is 18th September 12pm (NOON) Read: There are currently significant barriers to the identification of girls and young women with experience of acute harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. Services can only support those that are identified and referred, and understanding the reality of the lives of girls and young women is key to developing effective responses to their needs. Building on learning from the evaluation of VRU commissioned programmes such as Maia and recent work by MOPAC's Evidence & Insight team, it has been highlighted there is considerable work to be done in raising awareness, improving identification and ensuring that professional responses can best meet the needs of girls and young women. The three strands of work outlined below aim to increase awareness, improve identification, quality and quantity of support available across MOPAC, the VRU and other partners. The planned activity includes: *Grant funding of a network of linked girls and young women's groups within local communities, which will provide a safe space for positive peer connection for those who have been impacted by gangs, violence and exploitation, to support trauma-responsive individual development and co-development of proposals to improve systems and services for girls and young women. These groups will also have the opportunity to work together to collaboratively co-develop ideas, proposals, recommendations and resources and so will operate as an 'eco-system'. *Improving understanding of how to define and identify girls and young women affected by violence and exploitation with funding to create a contemporary gendered risk and needs assessment framework. *Funding analytic activity with the Metropolitan Police Service to br ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e706e03e-6ba7-4118-a26a-e16522688a05 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Aug 2024 | | Submission deadline | 17 Sep 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 6 Jan 2025 - 5 Jan 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £120,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 0LL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark | | Local authority | Southwark | | Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside | | Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 28 Aug 2024 at 16:30 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e706e03e-6ba7-4118-a26a-e16522688a05 - 23 Aug 2024 at 15:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e706e03e-6ba7-4118-a26a-e16522688a05 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e706e03e-6ba7-4118-a26a-e16522688a05 28th August 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Health-and-social-work-services./A459F6V886 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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