# Safeguarding Support for Covid-19 Inquiry

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Crown Commercial Service](/buyers/crown-commercial-service/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £7,645,650
- Published: 7 September 2023
- Planned start: 19 January 2024
- Planned end: 18 January 2026
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: adc50157-eda4-4f65-a768-db3515f56c99-671982
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-99653432-ea4d-4c11-9c7c-1a3539597a12

## Description

Crown Commercial Service intends to put in place contracts for the provision of Emotional Support service for use by the Covid 19 Inquiry\. The Inquiry has pledged to be trauma-informed across all of its work\. A trauma informed approach means seeking to reduce the risk of retraumatisation to people who are engaging with the Inquiry\. Emotional support is one of the key ways of reducing retraumatisation by offering timely, sensitive, psychologically informed emotional support to people engaging with the Inquiry's work\. Emotional support is not counselling or therapy\. The focus is on facilitating the person's engagement with the Inquiry, creating support plans, facilitating stabilisation, providing psychological containment and facilitating the person's journey through their engagement process\. The contracts shall provide the offer of emotional support for everyone engaging with the Inquiry\.

## Related contract awards

- [Construction Professional Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ef9d53d6-d412-4bf4-a5cc-856df493e69d): Crown Commercial Service
- [Audit and Assurance Services Two \(A&AS2\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-134ddb7b-5d67-4256-819f-96af62f09e23): Crown Commercial Service
- [The Provision of Workday Licences](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-bf5442b9-cd6a-45f9-8b27-72a80f29e560): Crown Commercial Service

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/adc50157-eda4-4f65-a768-db3515f56c99-671982)