Official UK procurement notice
Sexual Violence Support Service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Authority: The Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire (Police & fire)
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: East of England (UKH11)
Published estimate£4,908,677≈ £2.8m / year · £5,890,412 inc. VAT · 1 value update0.5% below final estimate
Submissions closed 6 Apr 2026awarded 15 Apr 2026
Awarded to Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre2 awards
Contract term 1 yr 9 moends 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 1 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (“OPCC”) for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, has awarded a contract to deliver an all age and all gender Countywide Sexual Violence Support Service which includes a Countywide ISVA Service. The service should be available regardless of when the incident happened and whether or not it has been reported to the police.
CPV: Community health services · Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 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).
How bids were scored
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- 23 Jan 2026, 13:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2026, 13:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
7F-2025-C015- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-021986- Accelerated
- Qualifying planned procurement notice
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060d67Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: portal not identified
- Submission deadline
- 6 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 Mar 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
This opportunity can be found a follows:
- Log in to our supplier portal at 7force.force.com/login ↗
- Locate the opportunity under the 'Find Opportunities' section
- Click ‘Register Interest'
- You can then go to 'My Proposals & Quotes' to view the documentation and submit your response.
- Once you have completed all relevant Requirement Sections, ensure you click the 'Submit' button to ensure your responses are received by us. Upon clicking 'Submit' you will receive a confirmation email.
Timeline
23 Jan 2026 → 23 Jul 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published272 days ago23 Jan 2026, 13:58 GMT
- Market engagement240 days ago23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Request for Information, issued 23/01/2026
- Tender notice published225 days ago11 Mar 2026, 16:32 GMT
- Next notice expected223 days ago12 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by206 days ago30 Mar 2026, 16:00 BST
- Submission deadline199 days ago6 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent183 days ago22 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by174 days ago30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends173 days ago1 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts113 days ago1 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published91 days ago23 Jul 2026, 13:07 BST
Notice history
14 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Jan 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Jan 2026, 13:58 GMTUK2
- Planned procurement notice published11 Mar 2026, 15:25 GMTUK3
- Published value updated to £4,908,67711 Mar 2026, 15:25 GMTwas £5,132,260
- Status changed to planned11 Mar 2026, 15:25 GMT
- Procurement method changed11 Mar 2026, 15:25 GMT
- Deadline published: 25 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT11 Mar 2026, 15:25 GMT
- Tender notice published11 Mar 2026, 16:32 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active11 Mar 2026, 16:32 GMT
- Deadline moved to 6 Apr 2026, 16:00 BST11 Mar 2026, 16:32 GMT+12 days · was 25 Mar 2026, 16:00 GMT
- Tender notice published12 Mar 2026, 10:51 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published22 Apr 2026, 12:33 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete22 Apr 2026, 12:33 BST
- Contract signature expected11 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Jul 2026, 13:07 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Error with dates
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-03: 2 releases · 11 Mar 2026, 11 Mar 2026
- 2026-01: 1 release · 23 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £4,882,5441 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Named bidders 1published on the award notice
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Rape Crisis CentreSMEVCSECountywide Sexual Violence Support Service, Inclusive of Countywide ISVA Service1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031Extensions: 3 x 12 month optional extensions | £4,882,544same award published again · counted once | 15 Apr 2026standstill to 1 May 2026 | Standstill |
| Cambridge Rape Crisis CentreSMEVCSE | £4,882,544 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Sexual Violence Support Service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough · Cambridge Rape Crisis CentreSMEVCSE
- Signed
- 1 Jul 2026
- Value
- £4,882,544
- Period
- 1 Jul 2026 – 31 Mar 2028 · up to 31 Mar 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 3 x 12 month possible extensions.
1 agreed KPI: KPI's do not need to be published due to the contract value.
- KPI's do not need to be published due to the contract value.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 1 | — |
Who bid
- wonCambridge Rape Crisis CentreSMEVCSE · East of England
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
1 commercial party on the notice- Cambridge Rape Crisis CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender