Pipeline Framework: Provision of Safeguarding Support for Covid-19 Inquiry

A pipeline has been launched for Provision of Safeguarding Support for Covid-19 Inquiry.The contract start Date is 5 December 2023. Approach to market date is 9 August 2023.Crown Commercial Service, intends to put in place contracts for the provision of Emotional Support service for use by the Covid 19 Inquiry.The Inquiry has pledged to be trauma-informed across all of its work.A trauma informed approach means seeking to reduce the risk of retraumatisation to people who are engaging with the Inquiry.Emotional support is one of the key ways of reducing retraumatisation by offering timely, sensitive, psychologically informed emotional support to people engaging with the Inquiry’s work.Emotional support is not counselling or therapy. The focus is on facilitating the person’s engagement with the Inquiry, creating support plans, facilitating stabilisation, providing psychological containment and facilitating the person’s journey through their engagement process.The contracts shall provide the offer of emotional support for everyone engaging with the Inquiry, divided into 3 separate Lots:Lot 1 Digital emotional support service with accessible offer for ALLLot 2 Phone based and face to face emotional supportLot 3 Staff-related tender for reflective practice, 1:1 emotional support for staff and training rolloutsThis is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Crown Commercial Service, Room 1B31, Concept House, Cardiff Road, Newport NP10 8QQ. Email: paolo.muzzupappa@crowncommercial.gov.uk Website: (Jack Rowan)