The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (in partnership with Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council and Southampton City Council) are holding a preliminary market engagement event in respect of a potential new service that is being considered as part of the Police and Crime Commissioner's Police and Crime Plan priorities around Violence Against Women and Girls, reducing reoffending and prevention and early intervention.
Between April 2023 and March 2024, there were 25,806 domestic abuse incidents in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, accounting for 16.11% of all recorded crime. The service would aim to address domestic abuse offending amongst people using harmful and abusive behaviours across all risk levels, providing intervention and support that is tailored to the needs of the individuals. The service will recognise that a multi-faceted response is required acknowledging that no single intervention can meet the needs of all those who cause harm in their intimate and non-intimate relationships. The service will reflect intervention guidelines for responding to individuals who commit domestic abuse offences published by the Home Office and Respect. The ambition is to provide a suite of intervention options to meet complex needs and reduce the risk of harm, in a multi-agency framework while ensuring enhanced safety for victims, survivors and their children.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of WightSouth East
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (in partnership with the Ministry of Justice, His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service and Cafcass) are seeking views in respect of a new service that is being considered as part of the Government's commitment to pilot a reformed approach to child arrangement proceedings. The new service is aligned to the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) commitments in her Police and Crime Plan to continue to work in partnership to help protect women and girls from all forms of abuse and to commission services to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG) and support victims/survivors, including victims/survivors of domestic abuse (DA), sexual crimes and stalking.
In June 2020, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published the 'Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases' Report (The Harm Panel Report) which called for widespread reforms to the Family Court system. It heard evidence that many DA victim/survivors were being re-traumatised by the current 'adversarial' system. One of the report's recommendations was for the Family Court to better support DA victim/survivors by linking with local DA service providers to provide independent and specialist DA advocacy/support and risk assessment services, with their independence from the court being a key factor.
In response to this report, Government committed to pilot a reformed approach to child arrangement proceedings, delivering the former Government's manifesto commitment to pilot integrated DA courts taking a more investigative approach to the Family Courts.
This model was taken forward in February 2022 in the form of the 'Family Court Pathfinder Pilots', to test a less adversarial and more investigative approach to managing private family law cases.
Through this model, the court aims to identify families' needs earlier and work with both adults and children, as well as external agencies such as Local Authorities, the Police, and education settings, to better understand families' circumstances and help them reach a safe agreement without the need for multiple hearings.
Importantly, 'Pathfinder' also brings in specialist DA agencies to work alongside His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Cafcass/Cafcass Cymru to provide crucial support to children and families at an earlier point in proceedings.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is seeking a delivery partner to support the provision of independent and specialist Domestic Abuse advocacy and support within Designated Family Judge areas across Hampshire and Isle of Wight in relation to private law proceedings.
While the initial contract period is 1st December 2025 - 31st March 2026 it will have the potential to be extended for a period or periods of up to 3 years subject to future Government funding and policy decision.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of WightSouth EastWAC-459057
The Authority is still in the process of establishing the scope, however this will entail a full refurbishment of the existing building to provide renewed police accommodation, parking & welfare facilities.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of WightSouth EastWAC-444173
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (in partnership with Hampshire County Council, Isle of Wight Council and Southampton City Council) are planning a brand new service to underpin the Police and Crime Commissioner's Police and Crime Plan priorities around Violence Against Women and Girls, reducing reoffending and prevention and early intervention.
A successful market engagement event was held on 20th May 2025. The Authority aims to tender this activity in Q4 2025.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of WightSouth EastWAC-443458
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight would like to invite organisations to attend a market engagement event in respect of a Frankie worker and Sexual Crime Therapeutic provision across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
The service will provide Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton residents with therapeutic support including trauma informed counselling for victims and survivors of sexual crime (rape, sexual abuse, assault or violence) of any age and gender whose experience occurred at any time in their lives. This service will be provided in accordance with NICE Guideline (NG116) published in December 2018, which updates and replaces the NICE Clinical Guideline (CG26) published in March 2005.
If you would like to attend the event, which will take place on Tuesday 17th January via Microsoft Teams, please express your interest via the In-tend portal detailed herewith.
THE OFFICE OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHTSouth EastWAC-271906
The OPCC is seeking interest from service providers in a forthcoming procurement to appoint full time Trauma Informed Practitioners (TIPs) to patrol with police to help police embed Trauma Informed Policing.
If your organisation is interested in this opportunity, please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire and go to 'Current Tenders' and search for OP19878. Please register your interest against this project in preparation for the upcoming tender as we are keen to understand the size of the market.
OFFICE OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHTSouth EastWAC-307328
The authority is in the process of finalising the full scope of the project and estimated costs, however it will entail a full refurbishment of the existing building to provide renewed police accommodation, parking and welfare facilities.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of WightSouth EastWAC-444258
The OPCC is seeking interest from service providers in a forthcoming procurement to appoint a provider to work with primary and secondary schools across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight delivering workshops to support Violence Reduction. The workshops are to support both staff and children (in Years 6 and 7).
If your organisation is interested in this opportunity, please go to https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire and go to 'Current Tenders' and search for OP19900. Please register your interest against this project in preparation for the upcoming tender as we are keen to understand the size of the market.
THE OFFICE OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHTSouth EastWAC-307322
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight would like to invite organisations to attend a market engagement event in respect of stalking services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
For a Stalking Advocacy Service and we value the input of providers locally and nationally to help inform service design. We want to publish an invitation to tender at the earliest opportunity.
It is also envisaged that the PCC will work in partnership with other funders locally to provide an intervention for perpetrators of stalking with a view to reduce offending and re-offending. We invite interested organisations to help inform developments in this area also.
OFFICE OF THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHTSouth EastWAC-273803