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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: COST OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES)
2. Awarding Authority: CPD – Supplies and Services Division, Department of Justice NI, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
Accelerated open
4. Description: The awarding authority coordinates the Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme which is the Executive’s response to its commitment made under the Fresh Start agreement of November 2015 and the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) document of 2020. It is reflected in the Programme for Government / Outcomes Delivery Plan and DoJ Corporate Plan for 2022-25. The Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality, and Organised Crime Programme is a collaborative, Executive-wide approach which has the outcome of ‘safer communities, resilient to paramilitarism, criminality and coercive control’. It was initially established in 2016 as a result of the Fresh Start Agreement as a means of implementing the Independent Panel’s Report on the Disbandment of Paramilitary Groups. So far, Programme data confirms the findings of other studies that point to significant levels of trauma in communities where paramilitary activity is prevalent, and among those who are receiving or seeking support from the Programme. For that reason, the Programme is seeking to be trauma informed in all that it does; this means giving due consideration to the impact that trauma has on victims of paramilitarism, as well as those who help and support them. To support this goal, and to better understand need to improve service delivery, the Programme seeks to understand the prevalence of trauma, with the target of establishing a comprehensive baseline of levels of adverse childhood experiences (ACES), childhood trauma and exposure to violence in Northern Ireland. To do so, the Programme wishes to engage a contractor to complete an action research requirement to generate data and produce an associated research report to evidence the prevalence of ACEs, childhood trauma and exposure to violence in Northern Ireland.
5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73200000
6. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN06
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belfast.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: CFT CA UNIQUE ID:SSD-5828
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 23.10.2023 (15:00:00).
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: Research and development services
DIRECTIVE: 2014/24/EU (Classic)
CFT INVOLVES: A Public Contract
AWARD PER ITEM: No
INCLUSION OF E-AUCTIONS: No
ABOVE OR BELOW OJEU THRESHOLD: Above
END OF CLARIFICATION PERIOD: 13/10/2023 17:00
UPLOAD OF DOCUMENTS WITHIN THE CLARIFICATIONS: Yes
TENDERS OPENING DATE: 23/10/2023 15:30
ALLOW SUPPLIERS TO MAKE AN ONLINE EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Yes
CONTRACT AWARDED IN LOTS: No
EU FUNDING: No
MULTIPLE TENDERS WILL BE ACCEPTED: No
CONTRACT DURATION IN MONTHS OR YEARS, EXCLUDING EXTENSIONS: 5 months
VALIDITY OF TENDER IN DAYS OR MONTHS: 90 days
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