DRIVE Project for Bedfordshire

Buyer

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire

Value

£992,314

Closes

16 November 2026

Where

Kempston, the East of England

Type

Open tender

In plain English

The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire wants a specialist organisation to run the DRIVE Project, an evidence-based programme for people who commit the most serious domestic abuse. The provider would manage up to 125 high-risk perpetrators through one-to-one case management and behaviour change work, while working alongside police, probation, and support services to keep victims safe.

What the buyer wants

• Deliver the DRIVE model for up to 125 high-risk domestic abuse perpetrators, with intensive one-to-one case management and tailored behaviour change work, following the national DRIVE Service Specification with permitted local adaptations. • Work as part of existing multi-agency arrangements such as MARAC, the DA Perpetrator structure, and Integrated Offender Management, with victim safety as the top priority. • Show proven experience in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions, strong partnership working, and capacity to deliver with fidelity to the model under oversight from a DRIVE Fellow.

Likely requirements

Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.

Lack of a track record in delivering domestic abuse perpetrator interventions, the ability to meet the DRIVE model's fidelity and oversight requirements, and the capacity to take on a contract of roughly £1m with high-risk caseloads would rule out most small businesses.

How to bid

This is an open tender: any eligible business can respond directly to the buyer by the deadline, with no framework membership needed.

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