Official UK procurement notice
ESCC-DR East Sussex Domestic Abuse Support Service
Authority: East Sussex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEast Sussex County Council has awarded a new contract to a Strategic Provider to provide a county-wide service for the support of adults and their dependent children (under 18 years old) who are experiencing medium/high risk domestic abuse and to deliver the service within the Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) statutory guidance as outlined in the Victim and Prisoner Act 2024.
Key Performance Indicators have been set out under the contract terms, which are not required to be published in this Notice as it is a light touch contract.
The commencement date for the initial contract period is 1st May 2026.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 15 Aug 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£7,500,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 85%
- Bid Integrity: 15%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Bid Integrity
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 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
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 15 Aug 2029
- First published
- 15 May 2025, 12:52 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
10639- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049164- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05145dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Opportunity RFX 1001177
Timeline
15 May 2025 → 2 Jun 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published15 May 2025, 12:52 BST
- Market engagement14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
East Sussex County Council is to launch a tender process for the East Sussex Domestic Abuse Service (ESDAS).
As part of this process, we are holding a virtual Market Engagement Event on Thursday 14th August 2025 at 9.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. via Microsoft Teams being open to all those who would have a keen interest in bidding for the tender opportunity.
An MS Teams meeting link to attend the event will be shared to those who have registered.
To Register to attend the Event please email: [email protected]
Please include your organisation name and the names, job titles and email addresses of those due to attend. We request if you can limit your organisations representation in the meeting to no more than two people to ensure the meeting event is a manageable size.
At this meeting we will outline:
- The financial envelope
- The key expectations within the specification
- Route to market
- Question & Answers
- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 14:13 BST
- Next notice expected15 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Clarification questions by15 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline392 days ago29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by341 days ago18 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent318 days ago12 Dec 2025
- Standstill ends306 days ago23 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts208 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published146 days ago2 Jun 2026, 10:47 BST
Notice history
14 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025- Pipeline notice published15 May 2025, 12:52 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published30 Jul 2025, 16:33 BSTUK2
- Published value published: £6,000,00030 Jul 2025, 16:33 BST
- Tender notice published15 Aug 2025, 14:13 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active15 Aug 2025, 14:13 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Aug 2025, 14:13 BST
- Deadline published: 29 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST15 Aug 2025, 14:13 BST
- Contract award notice published12 Dec 2025, 07:46 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 Dec 2025, 07:46 GMT
- Contract award notice published19 Dec 2025, 15:52 GMTUK6
- Contract award notice published8 Jan 2026, 11:51 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected2 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Jun 2026, 10:47 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-12: 1 release · 12 Dec 2025
- 2025-08: 1 release · 15 Aug 2025
- 2025-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 15 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community EducationSMEVCSEContract for the provision of an East Sussex Domestic Abuse Support Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: The terms of the contract will allow for a permitted extension period of up to seventy-two (72) months at the Council's discretion after the initial contract period, | £7,498,020 | 11 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
| Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community EducationSMEVCSEContract for the provision of an East Sussex Domestic Abuse Support Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: The terms of the contract will allow for a permitted extension period of up to seventy-two (72) months at the Council's discretion after the initial contract period, | £7,498,020same award published again · counted once | 11 Dec 2025standstill to 7 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
| Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community EducationSMEVCSEContract for the provision of an East Sussex Domestic Abuse Support Service1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2036Extensions: The terms of the contract will allow for a permitted extension period of up to seventy-two (72) months at the Council's discretion after the initial contract period. | £7,498,020same award published again · counted once | 11 Dec 2025standstill to 21 Jan 2026 | Standstill |
Contracts
Contract for the provision of East Sussex Domestic Abuse Support Service · Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community EducationSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 1 May 2026
- Value
- £7,498,020
- Period
- 1 May 2026 – 31 Mar 2030 · up to 31 Mar 2036 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Council may extend the Contract Period by a further period or periods of up to seventy-two (72) months at its discretion.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 2 | — |
Who bid
- wonADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATIONSMEVCSE · Greater London
- did not winVICTIM SUPPORTVCSE · Wales (Cymru)
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAwarded supplier
- VICTIM SUPPORTBidder / tenderer
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender