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BuyerThe Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire
Statusplanned
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Value£900,000
Published6 Aug 2026

What is being bought

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, is seeking to commission a specialist provider to deliver the DRIVE Project model, a nationally recognised, evidence based intervention for high harm domestic abuse perpetrators. The project forms part of a government funded national approach to reducing serious harm by addressing the behaviours of perpetrators who pose the greatest risk to victims, children, and communities. The commissioned service will deliver intensive, one to one case management and tailored behaviour change interventions for up to 125 high risk perpetrators, working in close partnership with statutory and voluntary sector agencies. The DRIVE Project model will operate as an integral component of existing multi agency safeguarding and offender management arrangements, including MARAC, DA Perpetrator, and Integrated Offender Management structures. The primary objectives of the DRIVE Project model are to reduce repeat and serial domestic abuse, lower risk to victims, improve safety outcomes, and strengthen system wide responses to high harm perpetration. Delivery must ensure that victim safety remains paramount and that interventions are proportionate, risk led, and aligned to national best practice. This tender seeks a provider with demonstrable experience in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions, strong partnership capability, and the capacity to deliver the DRIVE model with fidelity while responding effectively to local needs, risks, and priorities. The service will be commissioned in line with the national DRIVE Service Specification. Local adaptations will be permitted and required where necessary to reflect local need, partnerships, and system arrangements. Oversight and quality assurance will be provided by a ‘DRIVE Fellow’ to ensure adherence to the DRIVE model. This procurement will be divided into two lots – Lot 1 DRIVE high-risk perpetrator intervention programme Lot 2 IDVA service This proposed lot structure has been developed to secure specialist expertise in the high-risk perpetrator intervention service, maximise market engagement, maintain flexibility in contract award and ensure an integrated domestic abuse service pathway. The structure will provide the choice to appoint either a single provider across both lots or separate specialist providers if this represents a more advantageous outcome.

Delivery location

UKH25, GB · UKH25, GB

Categories

Police services 75241100Health and social work services 85000000Guidance and counselling services 85312300Counselling services 85312320Rehabilitation services 85312500Community health services 85323000Other community, social and personal services 98000000

Lot details

DRIVE Project

Case management intervention for high risk DA perpetrators.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Price (30%)
Quality — Quality (60%)
Social Value — Social Value (10%)

IDVA Support

To support the work of Lot 1

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Feb 2027 to 31 Mar 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Price — Price (30%)
Quality — Quality (60%)
Social Value — Social Value (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Guidance and counselling services, Other community, social and personal services, Police services, Community health services, Health and social work services, Counselling services, Rehabilitation servicesNot published
2Guidance and counselling services, Other community, social and personal services, Police services, Community health services, Health and social work services, Counselling services, Rehabilitation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Police services (75241100); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 758723 median · 60.6 average (223 of 872 with a bid count)3.7 average (270 of 872 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKH251Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)655 median · 5 average (1 of 65 with a bid count)2 average (1 of 65 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06dda6
Latest release ID074703-2026
Latest release timestampThu Aug 06 2026 11:52:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-28T13:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-21T13:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-19T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://7force.force.com/login
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£900,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
6 Aug 2026planning074703-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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