How to win: Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse, and Sexual Violence & Tenancy Support Service (TESS 4)

About this contract

This service specification applies to a 5 unit direct access accommodation for women and children who need a safe place to live as a result of having experienced domestic abuse and/or sexual violence. Male children accompanying a victim who are over the age of 16 are unable to be accepted. The aim of this service is to provide safe, secure, direct access to temporary accommodation in a confidential location in the Vale of Glamorgan. The service also offers support and information to women, in order to enable them to gain or maintain the skills and confidence they need to be able to live independently. The service will provide flexible housing related support to a maximum of 5 victims and their children in a temporary accommodation project. The provider will be expected to provide a flexible model of support which is tailored to meet individual needs. The service working with individual service users involves a tailored support plan that best meets their needs. The plan focuses on both practical and emotional issues, in order that each service user has the best opportunity of living independently as a member of their community. The service will work with the service user to dev

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Vale of Glamorgan Council scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,885,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 23 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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