United Kingdom-Hove: Health services

'The Council, which is the lead Commissioner, working with East Sussex County Council and the proposed Associate Commissioners (the Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group, the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company and the Office of the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner) (the Associate Commissioners) would like to invite bidders to respond to this ITT for the provision of Domestic Violence and Abuse and Rape, Sexual Violence and Abuse Service for an initial period of 3 years with the possibility of an extension of up to 24 months at the Council's discretion. This ITT document sets out the requirements and the selection criteria to be used in the evaluation of the completed tenders and provides information regarding how the tender process will be managed. The purpose of this ITT is to obtain professional, properly defined and priced propositions and solutions for Domestic Violence and Abuse and Rape, Sexual Violence and Abuse interventions. The information provided in the specification will help your organisation to evaluate your suitability for the Council's specific requirements. The Council and Associate Commissioners are seeking to bring together a range of existing services, creating simplified care pathways and reducing duplication. This is in order to better meet the risks posed to, and needs of, victim/survivors and their families in the context of increasing demand. In achieving a future model of service provision must: Create a single point of access which is easier for victim/survivors and their families to access, supported by a recognisable service identify (which acknowledges the different needs of clients) and simplified care pathways; Manage increasing demand, making the most effective use of resources; Sustain capacity for women, who constitute the majority of victim/survivors, within the context of women only provision. This reflects service user consultation, which routinely identifies the value of support that provides safe, separate women only spaces; Sustain existing specialist capacity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual (LGB) and Trans (T) communities; Develop specialist capacity to support victim/survivors with specific needs, including those from Black Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and heterosexual men; Achieve more consistent provision for victim/survivors, including access to longer term interventions to support prevention and recovery; Achieve increased capacity to support effective responses by other providers as part of a broader range of integrated provision, including responses to other VAWG crime types, e.g. Stalking, Harassment and Harmful Practices such as Forced Marriage, Honour' Based Violence and Female Genital Mutilation.'