Issue - meetings

Background:

This report requested approval to award the procurement of the Medway Domestic Abuse Service, which was a community-based support service consisting of Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs), who worked to increase the safety and reduce the risk posed to victims of domestic abuse and their children, by perpetrators of abuse.

The report had previously been considered by the Procurement Board in December 2023.

An Exempt Appendix to the report set out details of the financial analysis of the procurement and tender evaluations.

Reasons:

There is ongoing need for a domestic abuse support service and the community based Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVA) service also supports the requirements set out within the Domestic Abuse Act 2021.