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title: "Domestic Abuse Community Support Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-054f72"
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buyer: "CORNWALL COUNCIL"
published: "2025-12-08"
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# Domestic Abuse Community Support Service

Buyer: CORNWALL COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-054f72

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## Summary

The procurement process initiated by Cornwall Council for the "Domestic Abuse Community Support Service" has successfully concluded with contract awards. This procurement, under an open procedure, involves providing services fostering support for domestic abuse and sexual violence victims within Cornwall, UK. Administered under the light-touch regime, the process featured key components including a domestic abuse helpline and educational training. The tendering process spanned multiple stages, with an expression of interest deadline on 27 August 2025 and awards finalised by 8 December 2025. The awarded contracts will activate from 1 April 2026, extending up to a potential 10 years, delivering vital services in collaboration with community partners.

This procurement offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in social services and training within public health sectors. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) have proven especially suited and competitive in this tender, as evidenced by The Women's Centre Cornwall and Barnardo Services Limited's involvement. The business environment encourages collaborative service delivery to forge strong referral pathways, paving the way for organisations focused on therapeutic interventions, advocacy, and educational training to enhance their market position and community impact. Successful bidders will contribute to a coordinated supportive network, leveraging expertise across services to meet community needs effectively.

## Notice

The Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (DASV) team is responsible for directly commissioning specialist domestic abuse and sexual violence services for Cornwall on behalf of the Safer Cornwall Partnership, to respond to the strategic priorities identified within the partnership Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategies. We use the Public Health Commissioning process to provide a shared understanding of local need, to develop our commissioning intentions, to inform procurement and to evaluate and review whether we are enabling victims, their families and children and those who engage in abusive behaviours to have their needs met effectively. Provision of Domestic Abuse Community Support Services, Cornwall Council will be the lead commissioner for these services on behalf of the Safer Cornwall Partnership. The opportunity will comprise of the following 3 lots and the maximum opportunity of this contract is a period of 10 years. Comprising of an initial 5 year contract term, which may be followed by up to two optional extension clauses, the first of which is 3 years and then a further for 2 years providing the maximum opportunity of 10 years. Lot 1 - Community Domestic Abuse Service - helpline and advocacy To include; * Provision of a Domestic Abuse helpline. * Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service on a need led basis. * Health and Primary Care IDVA Services. * Drop-in services. * Trauma stabilisation experienced/ witnessed and/or been impacted by domestic abuse. * Assertive outreach for those with multiple vulnerabilities. * Peer mentoring and volunteering opportunities. Lot 2 - Community Domestic Abuse Service - recovery and therapeutic support To include; * Recovery and therapeutic support programmes delivered via both 1:1 and group support including trauma stabilisation and trauma processing for those impacted by domestic abuse adults and children. * Behaviour change and interventions (abusive person) programme (for adults and children). * Trauma stabilisation interventions for those who have experienced/ witnessed and/or been impacted by domestic abuse. * Peer mentoring programme * Psychoeducational interventions for adults and children affected by Domestic abuse. Lot 3 - Domestic Abuse Training and education To include; * Awareness raising and training in settings, including E-learning, face to face packages , train the trainer approaches and communities of practice. * Healthy Relationships education programmes in primary, secondary, alternative provisions and those unable to engage in mainstream education. Please Note Each lot will contribute to a wider overall specification, where individual lots are being delivered by different providers there will be an expectation that a co-delivery approach will be taken to deliver a robust single point of access referral pathway and providers will work collaboratively across the piece to deliver the wider service as a whole.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080557-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Nov 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2031 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £16,726,670 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL COUNCIL |
| Locality | TRURO |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR1 3AY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Truro Boscawen & Redannick |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | BARNARDO SERVICES; THE WOMEN'S CENTRE CORNWALL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services
- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 80100000 - Primary education services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80300000 - Higher education services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 85112000 - Hospital support services
- 85121100 - General-practitioner services
- 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services
- 85312500 - Rehabilitation services

## Release History

- 8 Dec 2025 at 12:20 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080557-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080557-2025
  8th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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