Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) safe accommodation and support services for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community
Estimated value
£392k
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
30 Apr 2026
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Description
Manchester City Council is seeking to engage with existing and potential providers of specialist Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) safe accommodation and support services for individuals within the LGBTQ+ community. The Council intends to host market engagement activity to inform the future procurement of a specialist LGBTQ+ DVA safe accommodation service. This engagement will provide an opportunity to outline the Council's emerging commissioning intentions and to seek feedback from the market on service design, delivery models, accommodation options, and market capacity. This engagement is non‑binding and is being undertaken for the purposes of early market engagement only. Participation does not form part of a procurement process and does not give rise to any advantage or disadvantage in relation to any future tender. Overview of the Proposed Service The Council is exploring the commissioning of a service with the following indicative scope: Service type: Specialist LGBTQ+ domestic abuse support in safe accommodation, in accordance with Local Authority's Part 4 duties outlined within the Domestic Abuse Act, 2021 Client group: LGBTQ+ victims and survivors of domestic abuse Accommodation model: A minimum of 8 units of self-contained safe accommodation at any one time. Short-term stays (typically 3-6 months), within the Manchester city boundary Support offer: Trauma‑informed, strengths‑based, person‑centred support Specialist LGBTQ+ domestic abuse interventions Risk assessment, safety planning, advocacy and move‑on support Indicative contract value: circa £112,000 per annum The final service model, contract value and delivery requirements will be informed by this engagement and are subject to formal approval.
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-068a0c
- Total value
- £392,000 excluding VAT£470,400 including VATBelow the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Sept 2026 to 31 Mar 2028Possible extension to 31 Mar 2030
24 month extension available
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 85000000
- Contract locations
- North West England, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Information available within P-0800 ITT Document | price | 20.00% |
| Quality | Information available within P-0800 ITT Document | quality | 50.00% |
| Social Value | Information available within P-0800 ITT Document | quality | 20.00% |
| Zero Carbon and the Environment | Information available within P-0800 ITT Document | quality | 10.00% |
Participation
Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.
Conditions of Participation: Legal capacity The provider must demonstrate commitment to equal opportunities, have an understanding of equality issues and be compliant with the public sector equality duty set out in the Equality Act (2010). Conditions of Participation: Legal capacity Please find information within the Procurement Pack - P-0800 ITT Document
Conditions of Participation: Technical ability Suppliers must demonstrate that they have relevant experience. This will be assessed as a pass/fail criterion. A pass can be achieved in one of the following ways, (otherwise relevant experience will be assessed as a 'fail' and the Supplier's tender will be excluded from the procurement): • The Supplier (if not a consortium) demonstrates experience of at least one relevant contract examples and of a similar nature and value to this contract opportunity from within the last three years; or • The Supplier (if not a consortium) does not have at least one contract example but demonstrates in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire that they have relevant experience of a similar nature and value to this contract opportunity within the last three years. The response should include justification on why the experience is relevant and details for a reference person that the Council can contact; or • Where the Supplier is relying on an Associated Person to meet the technical ability, there are at least two relevant contract examples of a similar nature and value to this contract opportunity. The examples should cover both the Supplier and the Associated Person, or one example relating to the Supplier's experience and one relating to the Associated Person's; or • For consortium bids involving more than two parties, three relevant contract examples of a similar nature and value to this contract opportunity should be provided covering the principal members of the consortium. Where this is not possible (e.g. if the consortium is newly formed or a special purpose vehicle is to be created for the contract), three separate examples should be provided between the principal member(s) of the proposed consortium or members of the special purpose vehicle or sub-contractors (three examples are not required from each member).