Peterborough Refuge Services
Main contract details
Opportunity Id
DN767664
Title
Peterborough Refuge Services
Categories
85310000-5 - Social work services
Description
Peterborough City Council are holding an online engagement event, to discuss the upcoming procurement for Refuge Services in Peterborough.
The event will be on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday the 19th of August 2025 from 9:00am to 10:00am if you would like to attend please send your contact email address via the message function on the e-tendering portal ProContract including your contact email to receive an invite.
Peterborough Refuge Services - provision of support within a refuge and dispersed/move on accommodation for female victims of Domestic Abuse and for a Children’s Support Worker and counselling available to those within the accommodation provided within this contract.
The contractor must provide safe and stable refuge for women and children fleeing high risk domestic abuse, and to support them to move into safe and secure independent accommodation. They must also provide additional accommodation for women and children who require accommodation and are safe to stay in Peterborough with the necessary safety measures in place. There must be 2 units (rooms) available for those victims with no recourse to public funds. There must be consideration for those with disabilities, including visible and non-visible disabilities.
In addition the provider must provide support to child victims of domestic abuse staying at the refuge and the safe accommodation to enable them to cope and recover from the abuse they have experienced.
The service will work with those who are experiencing domestic abuse, and are fleeing from that abuse at any level of risk. The Service will deliver specialist, flexible and responsive support to meet a range of needs. The service will offer counselling to those residing in the accommodation as part of this contract.
The key aims which underpin all of our domestic abuse services are:
• Increased safety of the those suffering from domestic abuse
• To enable victims and children to cope and recover from abuse they have experienced
• To support those using the accommodation to move on to permanent accommodation.
The event will be on Microsoft Teams on Tuesday the 19th of August 2025 from 9:00am to 10:00am if you would like to attend please send your contact email address via the message function on the e-tendering portal ProContract including your contact email to receive an invite.
Peterborough Refuge Services - provision of support within a refuge and dispersed/move on accommodation for female victims of Domestic Abuse and for a Children’s Support Worker and counselling available to those within the accommodation provided within this contract.
The contractor must provide safe and stable refuge for women and children fleeing high risk domestic abuse, and to support them to move into safe and secure independent accommodation. They must also provide additional accommodation for women and children who require accommodation and are safe to stay in Peterborough with the necessary safety measures in place. There must be 2 units (rooms) available for those victims with no recourse to public funds. There must be consideration for those with disabilities, including visible and non-visible disabilities.
In addition the provider must provide support to child victims of domestic abuse staying at the refuge and the safe accommodation to enable them to cope and recover from the abuse they have experienced.
The service will work with those who are experiencing domestic abuse, and are fleeing from that abuse at any level of risk. The Service will deliver specialist, flexible and responsive support to meet a range of needs. The service will offer counselling to those residing in the accommodation as part of this contract.
The key aims which underpin all of our domestic abuse services are:
• Increased safety of the those suffering from domestic abuse
• To enable victims and children to cope and recover from abuse they have experienced
• To support those using the accommodation to move on to permanent accommodation.
Region(s) of supply
Peterborough
Estimated value
N/A
Keywords
High risk, Domestic Abuse , Counselling, Refuge, Female victims, Accommodation
Key dates
Estimated contract dates
Start date
01/04/2026
End date
31/03/2031
Expression of interest window
From 11/08/2025 12:00 to 18/08/2025 08:00
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Contact details
Buyer
Peterborough City Council
Contact
Lesley George
Telephone
01733 747474
Address
Sand Martin House
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 8TY
United Kingdom
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE2 8TY
United Kingdom
