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# Provision of Child Exploitation Support and Missing from Home and Care Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-child-exploitation-support-and-missing-from-home-and-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Merseyside Police - Procurement Department: "Provision of Child Exploitation Support and Missing from Home and Care Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,545,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Merseyside Police - Procurement Department](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/merseyside-police-procurement-department-GB-FTS-66745)
- **Published Value:** £2,545,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 November 2021 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Welfare services for children and young people
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,545,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-child-exploitation-support-and-missing-from-home-and-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b`

## 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/provision-of-child-exploitation-support-and-missing-from-home-and-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D40156%26B%3DBLUELIGHT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-child-exploitation-support-and-missing-from-home-and-care-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b#participate

## Description
A pan-Merseyside Child Exploitation (CE) support service (delivered within the Merseyside areas of Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, and Liverpool) on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC), with an additional offer for those local authorities working in partnership with the PCC. This will enable the delivery of a dedicated and specialist Child Exploitation service to children and young people who are at risk of child exploitation or have already suffered exploitation, and an enhanced Child Exploitation service for Wirral and St Helens areas. Plus the Provision of a Missing from Home (MFH) and Care service for children and young people in St Helens, Knowsley, Wirral, and Sefton local authority areas.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £2,545,000
- **Description:** A pan-Merseyside Child Exploitation (CE) support service (delivered within the Merseyside areas of Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens, and Liverpool) on behalf of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC), with an additional offer for t...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Child Exploitation Support and Missing from Home and Care Services (active)
  - Award id: `001375-2022-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Catch22**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-38582`
  - Value: £2,545,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of Child Exploitation Support and Missing from Home and Care Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,545,000
  - Signed Date: 14/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006689-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-01T14:33:40.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T11:01:06.070Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ee3b