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Dorset Police

Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service (High-Risk) - AWARD

Community ServicesCPV 98000000 75000000
Value£5.1m
Deadline10 Nov 2025
Published18 Dec 2025
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 18 Dec 2025ClosedCloses 10 Nov 2025
Contract value in context
£5.1mtotal contract value
median £134k
this tender£0£5.5m

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The brief

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset is looking to source a Supplier to deliver Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Services for High-Risk victims of domestic abuse across Dorset.

The services will be predominantly for adults but will also provide support for children and young people, in partnership with other agencies.

The successful Contractor will be required to work in close partnership with other relevant Services and statutory agencies as part of the system response to Domestic Abuse and to support overall Service delivery.

The service will form part of a whole system response to domestic abuse, including identification, referral and triage of victims.

Providing support to victims and associated victims (i.e. children), supporting the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and High Risk Domestic Abuse (HRDA) process, and post intervention step down or recovery.

The service will also engage with local processes surrounding perpetrators of domestic abuse, such as at the High Harm Perpetrator Panel to further support the safeguarding of the victim and to reduce the risk to the victim of future abuse.

The service will also deliver the Family Court Pathfinder Programme as listed within the Service Specification.

The Commissioner is seeking an organisation that will effectively deliver this contract but also work as a key partner helping improve and develop future approaches to Domestic Abuse.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset is looking to source a Supplier to deliver Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Services for High-Risk victims of domestic abuse across Dorset.

02

The services will be predominantly for adults

The services will be predominantly for adults but will also provide support for children and young people, in partnership with other agencies.

03

The successful Contractor will be required

The successful Contractor will be required to work in close partnership with other relevant Services and statutory agencies as part of the system response to Domestic Abuse and to support overall Service delivery.

04

Providing support to victims and associated victims

Providing support to victims and associated victims (i.e. children), supporting the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and High Risk Domestic Abuse (HRDA) process, and post intervention step down or recovery.

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The service will also engage with local

The service will also engage with local processes surrounding perpetrators of domestic abuse, such as at the High Harm Perpetrator Panel to further support the safeguarding of the victim and to reduce the risk to the victim of future abuse.

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