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title: "Ask the Question Initiative"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ebf3"
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buyer: "Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council"
published: "2026-08-25"
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# Ask the Question Initiative

Buyer: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ebf3

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## Summary

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council commissioned the 2026/27 Ask the Question initiative in Barnsley. This is a specialist training and service-development programme focused on routine enquiry about sexual harm across mainstream and statutory services. Its scope includes moving the programme from pilot and implementation into sustainable practice, improving practitioners’ confidence and their responses after disclosures, developing local train-the-trainer capability, and strengthening evidence about service-user journeys and outcomes. The work is therefore suited to organisations with expertise in sexual violence and abuse services, safeguarding practice, practitioner training and service improvement. The named supplier, Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services (BSARCS), is a Barnsley-based voluntary, community or social enterprise and a small or medium-sized enterprise.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded on 25 August 2026 to Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services (BSARCS). The council used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. There was one lot, covering the full initiative. The contract was signed on 25 August 2026 and runs from 26 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. Its gross and stated value is £85,286 including the stated currency of GBP. The award is active and the contract is active. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive tender, so no competing evaluation criteria are recorded for this procurement.

For organisations monitoring future demand from Barnsley, this award demonstrates a requirement for specialist sexual-harm prevention and response work delivered through public and statutory services. A credible provider would need established expertise in sexual abuse and rape crisis support, the ability to train practitioners and develop train-the-trainer arrangements, and practical experience embedding routine enquiry into mainstream services. It would also need to support safe, effective post-disclosure responses and collect robust evidence on service-user journeys and outcomes. Local knowledge, trusted relationships with statutory and community services, and the capacity to move a pilot into sustainable practice would be commercially relevant. The award to a specialist voluntary-sector SME shows that this scale of work can suit a focused local provider.

## Notice

Delivery of the 2026/27 Ask the Question initiative in Barnsley, moving the programme from pilot and implementation into sustainable practice. The service will embed routine enquiry about sexual harm across mainstream and statutory services, strengthen practitioner confidence and post-disclosure responses, develop local train-the-trainer capacity, and improve evidence of service-user journeys and outcomes.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081039-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £85,286 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Locality | BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE |
| Postcode area | Sheffield |
| Postcode | S70 2TA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE33 Barnsley |
| Local authority | Barnsley |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Barnsley North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Barnsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Services (BSARCS) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80510000 - Specialist training services

## Release History

- 25 Aug 2026 at 18:19 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081039-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081039-2026
  25th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.barnsley.gov.uk
- https://www.bsarcs.org.uk/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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