HAC5248 Tower Hamlets Asian Women’s Refuge Service

The Borough is seeking to tender an Asian Women’s Refuge support service and is seeking innovative models of service delivery which take into account the specifics of the service being sought and that provides effective and efficient support provision to women and children affected by Domestic Violence across two separate locations. The Borough is seeking to tender an Asian Women’s Refuge support service and is seeking innovative models of service delivery which take into account the specifics of the service being sought and that provides effective and efficient support provision to women and children affected by Domestic Violence across two separate locations.

The key requirements of the specification include:

• Providing culturally specific support services to survivors of domestic abuse;
• Supporting women to rebuild their life following a period of abuse;
• Supporting women with a broad spectrum of issues ranging from domestic abuse, forced marriage, honour based violence, FGM.
• Providing emergency and short term accommodation to women and their children
• Supporting women and their children to settle into the borough, accessing GP or children’s services or other specialist services such as solicitors or criminal justice system
• Delivering support services to women that enable them to develop the confidence and life skills to live free from abuse or trauma
• Preparing women and their children to move on to an accommodation type of their choice
• Working in partnership with local women, children’s and domestic violence services as well as health and social care professionals
• Complimenting the delivery of local and national strategies such as the Violence against Women and Girls Strategy
• Ability to commence the new contract from 2 April 2018
This contract will be based on bidder’s agreement to enter into a Housing Management Agreement with the Landlord. Failure to agree the Housing Management Agreement will result in the contract not being awarded.



The Council is committed to improving the quality of life for both residents and businesses within Tower Hamlets. In line with The Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the authority will consider how this procurement might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the relevant area. In order to achieve this, it is our objective to work with existing and future contractors to secure an appropriate level of community benefits through the procurement process. Detailed guidance and minimum levels of the economic and community benefit applicable to this tender will be available within the tender documentation.

The anticipated contract start date is: Monday, 02 April 2018



The estimated value of the contract is: £155,750 per annum.
An upper threshold of £155,750 has been placed on this tender. Per Annum


For a period of: This contract is for a period of 3 years +1 +1 term.

Organisations wishing to express their interest are requested to register on the London Tenders Portal (www.londontenders.org) where the tender documentation will be available for download.

Organisations must ensure that access to the system is available to their representatives dealing with the contract. The council will not be liable for the lack of delegated access within the organisation and will not send any documentation regarding the contract, which shall be exclusively available through the portal.

Tenderers are responsible for allowing sufficient time to submit their ITT. The Council accepts no liability whatsoever for ITT’s that are not submitted due to internet connectivity issues, transmission delays or errors.

Deadline return of tenders is Monday 13th November 2017

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LBTH does not undertake to invite all applicants or bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender. LBTH will not be liable for any costs incurred in tendering for this contract.

If you require any further information please contact:

Procurement
at: procurement@towerhamlets.gov.uk