Application to join the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the Domestic Homicide Reporting

Birmingham City Council (BCC) on behalf of the West Midlands Community Safety Partnership is seeking applications to apply to join a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Independent Author/ Chair, combined role to undertake statutory reviews for domestic homicides within the West Midlands region. The service provides a review of the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 years and over that has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by a person to whom they were related or with whom they were, or had been in, an intimate personal relationship or were a member of the same household as themselves. The purpose of the review is to:• Identify any lessons to be learnt from the death;• State the lessons to be learnt, the changes required, actions to achieve those changes and associated timescales; • Apply those lessons to relevant policies and procedures;• Prevent future domestic abuse and homicide.The West Midlands Community Safety Partnership is seeking for Independent Author / Chair to conduct Domestic Homicide Reviews based in the 7 Local Authorities in the West Midlands Region; as listed below:• Birmingham City Council;• Coventry City Council;• Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council;• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council;• Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council;• Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council;• City of Wolverhampton Council;The service required is for an Independent Author / Chair to provide Domestic Homicide Reviews.The DPS will be awarded for a period of 4 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years subject to performance.