Open tenders / Health & social care
Open tender · Notice 100445-2026
HCC - 10/26 - Provision of Domestic Abuse Support within Safe Accommodation
- Value
- £10.5m
- Closes
- 20 Nov 2026 (12 days)
- Where
- East of England
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- 1 Jul 2027 – 30 Jun 2030
In plain English
Hertfordshire County Council wants a supplier to provide county-wide support for survivors of domestic abuse (adults, children, families and pets) living in safe accommodation, running from 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2030. The estimated value is £10,500,000 over the contract period, it is a single lot, and bids are due by 12 noon on 20 November 2026 through the council's online tendering portal.
Good fit for: Charities and support providers with experience delivering trauma-informed domestic abuse or safe accommodation services across a county.
- Staff may transfer to you under TUPE
The TUPE Employee Liability Information has been provided along with other documentation for this procurement.
- Contract signed as a deed; take legal advice
any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed.
- Must register interest and opt in to see documents
Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’
- Late bids cannot be uploaded
Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline.
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What the buyer says
Hertfordshire County Council is currently out to procurement for the Provision of Domestic Abuse Support within Safe Accommodation The Service Specification is for the county wide provision of support for survivors of domestic abuse within safe accommodation, in line with the Statutory Duty placed on Local Authorities in the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (“the Act”). The purpose of the Service will be to provide safe, trauma informed wrap-around support for adults, children, families and pets fleeing domestic abuse in safe accommodation, enabling safety, recovery and move on into stable housing. Full details are in the Instructions to Tenderers and Specification, Schedule 1 of the Contract Document This procurement is an open process. Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to ‘express an interest’ and also ‘opt in’ which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system. To be considered as a Tenderer you must complete and submit a Tender by the deadline of 12 noon on the 20th November 2026 Please allow sufficient time to make your return, as Tender submissions cannot be uploaded and submitted after this return deadline. Please ensure that where possible documents are uploaded as a PDF and that file names are succinct. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via correspondence on the website, in accordance with the procurement documents, and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above. Tenderers should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Contract formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed. Tenderers should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their Tender, where appropriate. Please no…
Getting the documents
in-tendhost.co.uk (the buyer's own site, usually free to register).
Procedure: Open procedure (Open: anyone can bid, in one stage). Published 23 Oct 2026.
What similar contracts went for
Similar contracts went for £2.2m to £7.5m (8 since 2026; 3 won by small firms).
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist Domestic Abuse Services - Lot 1: Domestic abuse specialist support in safe accommodation Wolverhampton City Council | The Haven Wolverhampton SME | £3.1m | 4 Sep |
| Domestic Abuse Sanctuary and Safe Accommodation (DASSA) Support Service HDG/2025/944 Stoke on Trent City Council | Honeycomb Charitable Services Ltd SME | £2.7m | 26 Aug |
| North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council Safe Accommodation (Refuge) and Support Services Across North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire Council | Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service | £7.5m | 21 Aug |
| Safe Accommodation Services Surrey County Council | Name withheld | £5.6m | 3 Aug |
| Safe Accommodation Services Surrey County Council | I Choose Freedom Charity | £4.9m | 3 Aug |
| Safe Accommodation Services Surrey County Council | East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services Acronym - Esdas | £3.5m | 3 Aug |
| Safe Accommodation Services Surrey County Council | Waythrough | £3.1m | 3 Aug |
| Domestic Abuse Support in Safe Accommodation (DASSA) Staffordshire County Council | Honeycomb Charitable Services Ltd SME | £2.2m | 3 Aug |
From the award notices on Find a Tender and Public Contracts Scotland. Values are as each notice states them and cover the contract's whole term: most notices give the value before VAT, but about one in seven gives only a figure including VAT. AI picked these as the same kind of work and can be wrong, so check what each one included before you price.
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