LBHF Co-located Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Service - 2024

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LBHF are going out to procurement for a co-located Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy (IDVA) service. The financial envelope for this procurement is a minimum of £136,000 per annum, and a maximum of £220,000 per annum for this contract if additional funding can be secured. The contract length is for a minimum of 2 years with a proposed start date of 1/4/2023, with a provision for 2 additional 1 year extensions. Lot 1: The co-located advocacy service in Hammersmith & Fulham provides support for survivors of domestic abuse who are working with statutory services, such as those interacting with housing who are at risk of homelessness, those who have reported to the police and are engaging with the criminal justice system, and those who are currently working with children's social care. The purpose of the service is to facilitate engagement with these services, improve outcomes within the co-location area, and ease referral pathways between these services and specialist domestic abuse support services. At a minimum, we are procuring least two IDVA's - one based in housing, one based within the criminal justice system. These IDVA's will work as part of one comprehensive team to support survivors accessing housing support and engaging with the criminal justice system. The base financial envelope for this is £136,000 per annum for a maximum of four years. There is a potential for the total envelope to increase up to £220,000. If this additional funding is granted, we would procure an IDVA co-located in children's social care who would work alongside the housing/criminal justice IDVA. Any additional funding beyond the cost of delivering IDVAs in the three co-located areas should be used to complement the delivery of the core service. Tenderers will be expected to outline what they would deliver and how it would be beneficial to the delivery of the service. Tenderers will be required to register on capital e-sourcing to bid for the service. We are hosting a market engagement event on Thursday 3rd August from 10am-12pm in Hammersmith and online on the 15th August 12pm-1pm More information can be found via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hf-specialist-co-located-idva-service-market-warming-event-in-person-tickets-677997146717 - in person event https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hf-specialist-co-located-idva-service-market-warming-event-online-tickets-678058329717 - online event Additional information: If you have any questions, please get in touch with Anna Jane anna.jane@lbhf.gov.uk or Caterina Giammarresi caterina.giammarresi@lbhf.gov.uk