COV - Sex Workers Support Service (2023)

Coventry City Council would like to re-commission a service which supports:

•on street sex workers (residing and or working in CV 1 to CV6) to access the services they need to obtain and retain stable housing, access drug services and access and retain drug substitution prescriptions, access health care at an early rather than acute stage thereby enabling them to exit the sex work industry •a reduction in the number of children born to this cohort and where the individual becomes pregnant to support them to either access a termination, engage with social care to keep their child or through the child removal process

•the prevention and control of outbreaks of infectious disease such as Tuberculosis and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

•sex workers to recognise that they are victims of modern slavery and enabling them to provide police intelligence to identify modern slavery rings and provide court evidence where relevant

The successful Provider of the new contract shall deliver the same level of support to all sex workers regardless of gender and sexual orientation.

Additional information: Please register via the Council`s e-procurement system - CSW-JETS https://in-tendhost.co.uk/csw-jets

CSW-JETS is a sub-regional e-tendering portal run by In-tend. Since February 2010, Coventry; Solihull; Warwickshire; Nuneaton and Bedworth; Rugby alongside other local district Councils have been working together as a shared procurement service. In conjunction with Solihull Community Housing, we have joined together to bring you a collaborative E-Tendering portal.

CSW-JETS enables us to advertise our opportunities across all authorities through the same system. This means that there is a single point of contact for procurement in the sub-region so you only have to register once to receive notifications for all authorities. Registering on the portal will make it easier for local suppliers to find, respond to and be alerted to tender opportunities.

Registration is free, and takes just a few minutes. When complete, you will be able to express interest in any of the Councils'/Authorities' opportunities when they are made available including this tender. In addition, we will be able to access your details whenever we have a requirement, and you may then be invited to tender or quote for work.

Once you are registered and log in to the system you will be able to locate the tender opportunity, express interest and access the documentation.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes