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# Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/domestic-abuse-support-in-safe-accommodation-ocds-h6vhtk-038ca0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 January 2023 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Social work and related services, Social work services with accommodation
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038ca0`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/domestic-abuse-support-in-safe-accommodation-ocds-h6vhtk-038ca0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FLogin)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/domestic-abuse-support-in-safe-accommodation-ocds-h6vhtk-038ca0#participate

## Description
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (the Act) received Royal Assent on 29th April 2021. The Act placed a statutory duty on the Council relating to the provision of support to victims of domestic abuse and their children residing within relevant safe accommodation. The overarching aims of the Act are to:
Protect and support victims
Transform the justice process
Improve performance across agencies
Promote awareness
We are running a single stage open competitive tender process to procure supplier/s to provide support for victims of domestic abuse, including their children who reside in domestic abuse safe accommodation in Essex, for 5 Lots.
Each Lot will be for a term of 12 months from the 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 with the option to extend for a further 12 months (a maximum contract duration of 2 years) at a total maximum cost of £648,000 for the 5 Lots over the initial 12 month term.

## Lots (5)
### Lot 1: Single women
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £48,000
- **Description:** Type of accommodation that support will be provided in - Dispersed.
At any one time a minimum of 4 adult service users to be supported whilst residing in the accommodation.

### Lot 2: Women (and their children where needed)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £96,000
- **Description:** Type of accommodation that support will be provided in - Refuge or dispersed or combination of both.
At any one time a minimum of 8 adult service users and where needed their child/ren to be supported whilst residing in the accommodation.
*up to 50% ...

### Lot 3: Women with multiple disadvantage** (and their children where needed)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £120,000
- **Description:** Type of accommodation that support will be provided in - Refuge or dispersed or combination of both.
At any one time a minimum of 10 adult service users and where needed their child/ren to be supported whilst residing in the safe accommodation.
** ex...

### Lot 4: Single women and women with children
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £168,000
- **Description:** Type of accommodation that support will be provided in - Refuge or dispersed or combination of both.
At any one time a minimum of 14 adult service users and where needed their child/ren to be supported in the providers safe accommodation
To include s...

### Lot 5: Single women and women with children and/or Single men and men with children
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 85311000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Estimated Value:** £216,000
- **Description:** Type of accommodation that support will be provided in - Combination of refuge and dispersed.
At any one time a minimum of 18 adult service users and where needed their child/ren to be supported in the providers safe accommodation.
To include support...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F035063-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-12T12:55:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-31T12:14:28.379Z
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