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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION (CIT): COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING PROGRAMME
2. Awarding Authority: CPD – Supplies and Services Division, The Executive Office (TEO), GB Email: david.cook@executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk.
3. Contract type: Service contract
Open
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is seeking to appoint a Contractor for the provision of a Community Safety and Policing programme in the specified location; this relates to Lower Falls, Twinbrook, Colin, Upper Springfield, Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy and, Annex A of the Specification of Requirements Schedule provides maps of the designated CIT area. This programme will focus on advocating collaboration with statutory, community and voluntary bodies responsible for maintaining safety in our communities, to increase the number of individuals and organisations working to create safe communities and improve the capabilities of those already working to create safe communities. This tender is linked to the Communities in Transition (CIT) Project which had been due to end in June 2021, however the Executive made a commitment within ‘New Decade New Approach’ to continue its delivery with a renewed focus and additional funding up to 31 March 2024. The CIT Project is therefore being delivered in two phases, with Phase 1 having been completed in 30 June 2021 and Phase 2 to be completed by 31 March 2024. Phase 1 of the Project provided a firm foundation for continuing to address the issues that allow Paramilitarism, criminality and coercive control to persist within communities. Phase 2 presents an opportunity to further refine the work as we move forward. This Contract falls under Phase 2 and will support the Department in its overall delivery of the CIT Project. The Contractor’s Community Safety and Policing programme will include the active participation of a cohort of volunteers already recruited to the programme through the Phase 1 and Phase 2 (Year 1) interventions. This programme will therefore seek to build upon the experience and learning of the intervention delivered through Phase 1 and Phase 2 (Year 1) of the CIT Project, helping to meet the identified needs of the area and taking positive action to address barriers impacting on the community’s access to appropriate support within the justice system which can be accessed beyond the life of CIT supported intervention. The Contractor’s Community Safety and Policing programme will incorporate and deliver a number of programme activities, described at paragraph 6.5 of the Specification. Full details of all the requirements for this Contract are provided for within the Specification of Requirements Schedule. The core purpose of this programme is two-fold: To build trust and understanding between the communities and statutory agencies (primarily response services) with a community safety remit, with the aim of encouraging meaningful relationships so they can work better together to improve community safety; and To encourage / empower communities to take a proactive role in improving community safety. All activities which the Contractor proposes to carry out must clearly link to the objectives of the programme as listed above and to the Benefits Framework as listed at paragraph 6.6 of the Specification. The Contractor must therefore not be delivering general community safety activities as part of this programme, activities must be clearly linked to addressing the community safety activities issues which have arisen as a result of living in a community with high levels of paramilitary activity, criminality and organised crime. It is anticipated that the Contract will commence on 01 July 2022 and run for an initial period of 1 year. There will be an option to extend the Contract, from the date of expiry of the Initial Contract Period, for a further period of nine months (up to 31 March 2024)
5. CPV Code(s): 98000000
6. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN06
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: West Belfast CIT Area
Lower Falls, Twinbrook, Colin, Upper Springfield, Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: CFT CA UNIQUE ID: SSD-5286
9. Estimated value of requirement: ESTIMATED VALUE (GBP): 301,800
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 17.6.2022 (12:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information on the above contract please visit Web:
12. Other information: EVALUATION MECHANISM: Best Price-Quality Ratio
CPC CATEGORY: Other services
DIRECTIVE: 2014/24/EU (Classic)
PROCEDURE: Open
CFT INVOLVES: A Public Contract
PARTICIPATING BODIES: The Executive Office
AWARD PER ITEM: No
INCLUSION OF E-AUCTIONS: No
ABOVE OR BELOW OJEU THRESHOLD: Below
END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD: 14/06/2022 17:00
UPLOAD OF DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE CLARIFICATIONS: Yes
TENDERS OPENING DATE: 17/06/2022 12:30
ALLOW SUPPLIERS TO MAKE AN ONLINE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: No
CONTRACT AWARDED IN LOTS: No
EU FUNDING: No
MULTIPLE TENDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED: No
CONTRACT DURATION IN MONTHS OR YEARS, EXCLUDING EXTENSIONS: 21 months
VALIDITY OF TENDER IN DAYS OR MONTHS: 90 days
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