WCC Market Testing - Domestic Abuse - Safe Accommodation and Support

The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 places a statutory duty on Warwickshire County Council (WCC) as a tier 1 local authority to identify demand for Safe Accommodation and Support, develop and publish a Safe Accommodation Strategy and commission / provide Safe Accommodation and Support to meet need. WCC and Warwickshire District and Borough Councils have been allocated additional Safe Accommodation funding to support the delivery of new provision.

The purpose of this market engagement is to: o Gain market input into the Safe Accommodation Strategy for Warwickshire, including the role of housing providers, o Gain feedback on how we develop specialist domestic abuse counselling and therapeutic support for adult and child victim-survivors of domestic abuse, this will include gaining feedback on market capacity, gaps, and opportunities, o Gain feedback on the proposed model for Dispersed Safe Accommodation and Support in Warwickshire for victims of domestic abuse, o Gain feedback on whether housing providers, domestic abuse providers and other providers are interested in delivering all or part of the services required, o Seek market interest in developing a new purpose-built refuge in the north of the county.

Additional information: Please register via the Council`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS http://www.csw-jets.co.uk/

CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal.

CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities.

Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work.

Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No