Lancashire Child Focused Courts - Pre-Market Engagement Event

Police and Crime Commissioner for LancashirecontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-06bc2dProcurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableplanning
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Estimated value

£414k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

24 Jun 2026

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Description

Child Focus Courts represent a complete reform of the family courts system, adopting an investigative and problem-solving approach to improve the experience of family courts for children and bring in additional domestic abuse support for victims. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is looking to procure a supplier to deliver the domestic abuse support for victims to support this model. The Office will be hosting a Market Engagement Event on Wednesday 22nd July from 10-11am for interested suppliers. The event will cover; - Instructions for applying using InTend portal. - High-level overview of finalised service specification - Indicative budget – subject to final approval - Timeline for the process, including the tender opening date, clarification questions window and tender deadline. The event will be hosted via MS Teams, to book a place on the event contact commissioningandprocurement@lancashire-pcc.gov.uk.

Scope

Reference
PCC
Total value
£413,973.9 excluding VAT
£496,768.68 including VAT
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
17 Nov 2026 to 31 Mar 2028
Possible extension to 31 Mar 2029

16 months + the option to extend for a further year ending 31st March 2029.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
85100000
Contract locations
North West England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)