The Facilitation and Recruitment Services for the Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
Estimated value
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
1
Lots
2
Published
15 Jul 2025
Description
*Due to errors with Kent Business Portal, this notice's dates are inaccurate* Maidstone Borough Council is commissioning a Citizens' Assembly to explore and address the issue of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the borough. Following a Full Council motion on 4th December 2024, and a subsequent Housing and Community Cohesion Policy Advisory Committee meeting, it was agreed that the Council would implement a range of tools to reduce VAWG, including: • Developing a broader VAWG Strategy • Promoting a Women's Night-Time Safety Charter • Leveraging licensing tools • Making women's safety central to town planning • Achieving White Ribbon accreditation.
Scope
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-055d0f
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Jul 2025 to 30 Sept 2025
- CPV classifications
- 7960000098300000
- Contract locations
- South East England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | — | quality | 70.00% |
| Cost | — | cost | 30.00% |
| Quality | — | quality | 50.00% |
| Cost | — | cost | 25.00% |
| Interview | — | quality | 25.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Below threshold - open competition
Award details· 2 awards
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
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Award date
08 Jul 2025
Contract start
30 Jul 2025
Contract end
30 Nov 2025
Lots · 2 total
Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.
| Lot | Title | Est. value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recruitment Services for Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls | — | complete |
| 2 | Facilitation of a Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls | — | complete |
Award 1· 1 supplier
Awarded 08 Jul 2025 · Contract period 30 Jul 2025 — 30 Nov 2025
Award 2· 0 suppliers
Awarded —
Total lots
2
Awarded
2
Estimated total
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Awarded total
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Recruitment Services for Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
Start
30 Jul 2025
End
30 Sept 2025
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CPV
Facilitation of a Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
Start
30 Jul 2025
End
30 Sept 2025
Estimated
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CPV
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