CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Victim And Witness Services Northamptonshire.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Northamptonshire.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Office of the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner wish to appoint a single provider to provide Victim and Witness Services to Northamptonshire.

The provision of services for victims and witnesses in Northamptonshire spans across a variety of agencies and contracts, including police provision of witness care and some domestic abuse services, nationally provided services such as Victim Support and Rape Crisis and a variety of organisations in the voluntary, community and faith sector.

In January 2012 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published a consultation paper entitled 'Getting it right for victims and witnesses' which outlined proposals for the future delivery of victim and witness services across the country.

One particular aspect contained within the document was the proposal that responsibility for the delivery of services would reside at a local level under a commissioning framework to be defined by the newly appointed Police and Crime Commission.

The Office of the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commission (OPCC) are building upon this key recommendation. As part of the Police and Crime Plan created in March 2013, the OPCC have included a strand entitled 'Putting Victims First' which articulates how it will improve the services offered to Victims and Witnesses.

In conjunction with the MoJ, the OPCC have agreed to become an 'early adopter' of the service and as such are working to towards an implementation date of 1.10.2014 for the new Victim and Witness Service to come on line.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice