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VRU-Girls & Young Women Community Based Mentoring Programme

Authority: MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICE AND CRIME

Open procedure (above threshold)
CPV: Health and social work services (85000000)
Published contract value£3,207,795VAT basis not stated
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to Advance Charity
Contract starts 1 Feb 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Girls & Young Women's Community-based Mentoring Programme

The VRU is seeking to procure a provider that can deliver a community-based mentoring service for girls and young women. The service will offer mentoring based on the differing needs at crucial age points from 9-25 years; with support for Girls and Young Women (GYW) that (are):

  • Transitioning through the education system, including the crucial transition from primary to secondary school
  • Displaying risks of being involved in the criminal justice system
  • Showing signs of being affected by unhealthy relationships (inc. exploitation/grooming, peer on peer abuse / criminal networks )
  • Requiring careers and employment support
  • Impacted by violence and abuse in the home, and other adverse childhood experiences

If you have any clarification questions, please email these to [email protected] ,

When sending your clarifications to the VRU procurement inbox please use the subject 'Girls & Young Women's Community-based Mentoring Programme', and the clarification deadline has been set as 29 August 2023.

Please request tender documentation by emailing [email protected] ,Please use the subject 'Girls & Young Women's Community-based Mentoring Programme when making your request.

You must email your completed tender response to: [email protected] . The tender submission deadline is 12:00 noon on 11 September 2023.

Published procurement details

Procedure
Open procedure (above threshold)
Buyer reference
VRU-Girls & Young Women Community Based Mentoring Programme
Category
Services
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
Yes
Tender deadline
Published
Procurement method
Open
Additional classifications 1: Reference
98000000
Additional classifications 1: Scheme
CPV
Additional classifications 1: Description
Other community, social and personal services
Tender contract period: Start date
Tender contract period: End date
Item 1: Delivery locations as published
London, United Kingdom
Description

This contract has an option to extend once internal approval is sought.

The contract has now been extended from 31/03/26 - 31/03/27

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Notice published
    7 Aug 2023
  2. Award decision
    1 Feb 2024
  3. Contract starts
    1 Feb 2024
  4. Contract ends
    31 Mar 2027

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

  • MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR POLICE AND CRIMEContracting authority Union Street, London, SE10LL, United KingdomContact email
    Identifier
    supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/R8n5Kb3J · GB-SRS

Suppliers named on the notice

  • Advance CharitySupplier London
    Identifier
    04064660 · GB-CHC
    Voluntary, community or social enterprise
    No
    Business size
    Large

Official documents & specifications (9)

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Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

Source record

Source
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Notice language
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Release reference
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Published
7 Aug 2023
Latest update
4 Jun 2026
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-72554560-b231-4a2d-a29f-1c673c76332d
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-72554560-b231-4a2d-a29f-1c673c76332d-1