--- title: "Child Focused Court Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) Support Service within the county's Family Courts." ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire" published: "2026-08-24" --- # Child Focused Court Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) Support Service within the county's Family Courts. Buyer: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06eab9.json) ## Summary The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire is planning a child-focused Court Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) support service for the county’s Family Courts. The service will support parent victims of domestic abuse and their children, improve children’s experience and appropriate participation in proceedings, and help courts and partner agencies respond to allegations of abuse and other risks of harm. It is intended to improve coordination between Family Courts, local authorities and the police, reduce delays while ensuring orders are safe and appropriate, reduce re-traumatisation during proceedings, and reduce returning cases through more sustainable court orders. This is a social work, guidance, counselling and community health service delivered in Cambridgeshire. This procurement is at the planning stage and is being developed as a light-touch contract under the Procurement Act 2023. The buyer plans a market engagement event on 17 September 2026 at 2pm via Microsoft Teams, with the procurement anticipated for publication on 23 September 2026. The indicative contract period is from 14 January 2027 to 31 March 2028, with renewal possible up to 31 March 2030. The estimated value is £620,000 excluding VAT, or £740,000 including VAT, subject to funding. There is one lot, covering the complete service, and its status is planning. The lot is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises. The service will suit organisations with established domestic abuse support and Independent Domestic Violence Adviser expertise, particularly experience of working with children, parent victims and Family Court proceedings. Relevant suppliers are likely to need the ability to provide child-focused advice, support children’s safe and appropriate participation, assess domestic abuse and wider safeguarding risks, and help reduce trauma during court proceedings. Experience of multi-agency working with courts, police and local authorities will be important, alongside the ability to support safer, more sustainable court orders and reduce delays or repeat cases. Specialist social work, counselling or community support providers may be well placed to prepare, including SMEs and voluntary, community or social enterprises. ## Notice The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough would like to invite suppliers to attend a Market Engagement Event in relation to a Child Focused Court Independent Domestic Violence Adviser (IDVA) Support Service within the county's Family Courts. The event will take place on 17th September 2026, at 2pm via Microsoft Teams. This engagement event is to provide an overview of the service requirements, commissioning intentions and timelines for this procurement which is being run by the Commissioner's Office on behalf of the Ministry of Justice Family Justice System Improvement Team. The aims and objectives of the new service are to: * Improve the Family Court experience for all parties, particularly parent victims of domestic abuse and their children. Improving children's experience of and (appropriate) participation in the court process. * Adopt a multi-agency approach to improve coordination between the Family Court and agencies, such as local authorities and the police, and the way allegations of domestic abuse and other risks of harm are dealt with. * Deliver a more efficient court process which reduces delays whilst ensuring that all orders are safe and appropriate to the case. * Reduce the re-traumatisation of domestic abuse victims, including children, that may be experienced during proceedings. * Reduce the number of returning cases through a more sustainable court order. The anticipated publication date for this procurement is 23 September 2026. Please note that this procurement relates to a light touch contract as defined under Section 9 of the Procurement Act 2023. The contract value is indicative only and remains subject to the availability of funding. Please ensure you express interest by sending a message through the tendering portal, so formal invites can be shared. This opportunity is available via the 7 Force Commercial Tendering Portal. To register, visit https://7force.force.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk If you are already registered on the Portal, you can login here: https://7force.force.com/login Once logged in, visit the 'Find Opportunities' section and click 'Register Interest'. Once there, click 'accept' and answer the relevant questions. ### Planning Information The event will take place on 17th September 2026, at 2pm via Microsoft Teams. Please ensure you express interest by sending a message through the tendering portal, so formal invites can be shared. This opportunity is available via the 7 Force Commercial Tendering Portal. To register, visit https://7force.force.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk If you are already registered on the Portal, you can login here: https://7force.force.com/login Once logged in, visit the 'Find Opportunities' section and click 'Register Interest'. Once there, click 'accept' and answer the relevant questions ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080498-2026 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Aug 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Sep 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 14 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £620,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire | | Locality | HUNTINGDON | | Postcode area | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE29 9LA | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC | | Local authority | Huntingdonshire | | Electoral ward | Huntingdon North | | Westminster constituency | Huntingdon | | Delivery location | TLH11 Peterborough, TLH12 Cambridgeshire CC | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 85300000 - Social work and related services - 85312300 - Guidance and counselling services - 85312320 - Counselling services - 85320000 - Social services - 85323000 - Community health services ## Release History - 24 Aug 2026 at 15:51 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080498-2026 - 24 Aug 2026 at 15:49 - PlanningUpdate - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080496-2026 - 24 Aug 2026 at 14:50 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080428-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080498-2026 24th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080496-2026 24th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080428-2026 24th August 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://7force.force.com/ProSpend__eSourcing_Community_Registration?locale=uk - https://7force.force.com/login - https://atamis-7459.my.site.com/s/Welcome - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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