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Published 24 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Child Focused Courts: Lancashire IDVA Support Service

Official notice

Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: North West (UKD4)
Published estimate£1,024,053≈ £768k / year · £1,228,864 inc. VAT · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 28 Aug 2026awarded 1 Oct 2026
Award (standstill) to Safenet Domestic Abuse and Support Services Limited
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensions · starts 17 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Child Focus Courts represent a complete reform of the family courts system, adopting an investigative and problem-solving approach to improve the experience of family courts for children and bring in additional domestic abuse support for victims.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire is looking to procure a supplier to deliver the domestic abuse support for victims to support this model.

CPV: Miscellaneous health services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yr 4 moSMEVCSEPublished value£1,024,053
Contract period: 17 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 (1 yr 4 mo) · up to 31 Mar 2030 with extensionsValue: £1,024,053 exc. VAT · £1,228,864 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
Extensions: +1 year to 31 March 2029, +1 year to 31 March 2030 (Subject to confirmation of funding & future commissioning arrangements following expected PCC changes).
85140000 Miscellaneous health services85300000 Social work and related services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: Quality Questions will amount to 80%.
  • Price: Price = 20%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2026, 09:13 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 21 Oct 2026
Authority reference
OPCC
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-071600
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous health servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bc2d Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
28 Aug 2026, 11:59 BST
Clarification deadline
17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/home ↗

Timeline

24 Jun 2026 → 17 Nov 2026 · 11 dates
  1. Planning notice published120 days ago
    24 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST
  2. Market engagement92 days ago
    22 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST

    The Office will be hosting a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 22nd July from 10-11am for interested suppliers.

    The event will cover;

    • Instructions for applying using InTend portal.
    • High-level overview of finalised service specification
    • Indicative budget – subject to final approval
    • Timeline for the process, including the tender opening date, clarification questions window and tender deadline.

    The event will be hosted via MS Teams, to book a place on the event contact [email protected].

  3. Tender notice published85 days ago
    29 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
  4. Next notice expected85 days ago
    29 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
  5. Clarification questions by66 days ago
    17 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline55 days ago
    28 Aug 2026, 11:59 BST
  7. Assessment summaries sent21 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
  8. Latest notice published20 days ago
    2 Oct 2026, 09:13 BST
  9. Standstill ends9 days ago
    13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  10. Award decision expected by1 day ago
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Today
    22 Oct 2026
  12. Contract startsin 25 days
    17 Nov 2026

Notice history

15 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Jun 2026, 13:32 BST
    UK2
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    24 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
    UK3
  3. Status changed to planned
    24 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    24 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
  5. Deadline published: 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    24 Jun 2026, 14:16 BST
  6. Planned procurement notice published
    24 Jun 2026, 14:23 BST
    UK3
  7. Published value updated to £719,014
    24 Jun 2026, 14:23 BST
    was £413,974
  8. Deadline moved to 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
    24 Jun 2026, 14:23 BST
    +0 days · was 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  9. Tender notice published
    29 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
    UK4
  10. Published value updated to £1,024,053
    29 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
    was £719,014
  11. Status changed to active
    29 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
  12. Deadline moved to 28 Aug 2026, 11:59 BST
    29 Jul 2026, 11:21 BST
    +0 days · was 28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
  13. Contract award notice published
    2 Oct 2026, 09:13 BST
    UK6
  14. Status changed to complete
    2 Oct 2026, 09:13 BST
  15. Contract signature expected
    29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2026-06: 2 releases · 24 Jun 2026, 24 Jun 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,024,0531 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Safenet Domestic Abuse and Support Services LimitedSMEVCSEChild Focused Courts - Lancashire17 Nov 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: Option to extend two further years (1+1) ending 31st March 2030 Subject to confirmation of funding & future commissioning arrangements following expected PCC changes.£1,024,0531 Oct 2026standstill to 13 Oct 2026Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1final-stage tenders11—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDVC-9719-ZQGL Lancashire Police, Saunders Lane, Hutton, Preston, North West, PR4 5SBContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure