MOPAC (including the VRU): Improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation

UK-London: Health and social work services.

Section I: Contracting authority/entity (as stated in the original notice)

I.1) Name and addresses
       Mayor's Office For Policing and Crime
       169 Union Street, London, SE1 0LL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 777777777, Email: MOPACProcurement@mopac.london.gov.uk
       Main Address: https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac
       NUTS Code: UKI

Section II: Object (as stated in the original notice)

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Improving support for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation      Reference number: Not Provided      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      85000000 - Health and social work services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES   
   II.1.4) Short Description: The dates and information in this notice are indicative. We have published a soft market testing questionnaire and we are seeking feedback from the market to help structure any future opportunity we may publish or any future agreement we may put in place. This programme aims to increase awareness, improve identification, quality and quantity of support available for girls and young women affected by gangs, violence and exploitation. The programme will deliver a range of co-designed activities with girls and young women who have experienced harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. These activities will enable the collation and amplification of girls and young women’s voices in relation to that harm, to inform and improve professional responses to their needs. Delivery Co-ordination Provider – up to £120,000 one-year funding. There is scope for the completion of the evaluation beyond programme delivery, anticipated to be funded on a day rate basis.

Section VI: Complementary information

V1.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 28/08/2024

VI.6) Original notice reference:

   Notice Reference:    2024 - 696183   
   Notice number in OJ S:    2024/S 000 - 027180
   Date of dispatch of the original notice: 23/08/2024

Section VII: Changes

VII.1) Information to be changed or added

      VII.1.1) Reason for change: Modification of original information submitted by the contracting authority    
      
      VII.1.2) Text to be corrected in original notice No: 1
                  
         Section Number: II.2.4          
         Lot No: Not provided          
         Place of text to be modified: Description of the procurement          
         Instead of: The programme will deliver a range of co-designed activities with girls and young women who have experienced harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. These activities will enable the collation and amplification of girls and young women’s voices in relation to that harm, to inform and improve professional responses to their needs. *Bringing together an eco-system of grant funded girls and young women’s groups and leading on co-design and co-delivery activity with girls and young women. *Leading on the continuous learning and development of grant funded practitioners who directly support girls and young women. *Monitoring and evaluation including co-developed recommendations for improved professional responses. Programme delivery will run for one year and include all above activities. There is scope for the completion of the evaluation beyond programme delivery, anticipated to be funded on a day rate basis. We are publishing this notification to ask organisations to complete an informal questionnaire to further develop our understanding of the market. The deadline to respond to the questionnaire is 18th September 12pm (NOON)          
         Read: There are currently significant barriers to the identification of girls and young women with experience of acute harm associated with gangs, violence and exploitation. Services can only support those that are identified and referred, and understanding the reality of the lives of girls and young women is key to developing effective responses to their needs. Building on learning from the evaluation of VRU commissioned programmes such as Maia and recent work by MOPAC’s Evidence & Insight team, it has been highlighted there is considerable work to be done in raising awareness, improving identification and ensuring that professional responses can best meet the needs of girls and young women. The three strands of work outlined below aim to increase awareness, improve identification, quality and quantity of support available across MOPAC, the VRU and other partners. The planned activity includes: *Grant funding of a network of linked girls and young women’s groups within local communities, which will provide a safe space for positive peer connection for those who have been impacted by gangs, violence and exploitation, to support trauma-responsive individual development and co-development of proposals to improve systems and services for girls and young women. These groups will also have the opportunity to work together to collaboratively co-develop ideas, proposals, recommendations and resources and so will operate as an ‘eco-system’. *Improving understanding of how to define and identify girls and young women affected by violence and exploitation with funding to create a contemporary gendered risk and needs assessment framework. *Funding analytic activity with the Metropolitan Police Service to bring together data across building capability and capacity in the gathering and analysis of data relating to girls and young women impacted by violence and exploitation. This notification specifically relates to the procurement of a co-ordination provider to support the delivery of the first strand of funded activity, with the following functions: **Bringing together the eco-system of grant funded girls and young women’s groups and leading on co-design and co-delivery activity with girls and young women. **Leading on the continuous learning and development of grant funded practitioners who directly support girls and young women. **Monitoring and evaluation including co-developed recommendations for improved professional responses. We are publishing this notification to ask organisations to complete an informal questionnaire to further develop our understanding of the market.
                                    
   
VII.2) Other additional information: The deadline to respond to the questionnaire is 18th September 2024 12pm (NOON).
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