NSW Department of Communities and Justice / Request for Tender for Provision of Local Contact, Support and Case Coordination Services for Male DFV Victims - DJ2017 - 153

As part of Safer Pathway reforms in NSW, male victims of domestic and family violence identified by NSW Police Force (NSWPF), Local Courts and in future, external referrers are automatically referred to the Central Referral Point (CRP) computer system. An assessment is made using the DVSAT to assess the level of threat to victims and determine if the victim is at ‘Threat’ or ‘Serious Threat’ risk of harm. The appropriate Local Support Service will access the referrals for male victims, assess the victims and offer support.

This procurement is to engage the services of appropriate organisations to provide support through initial contact, assessment, and case coordination of support to male victims of domestic and family violence (at ‘Threat’ and ‘Serious Threat’) in identified areas across NSW. These areas will correspond to the proposed SAM areas. Noting that while the initial contact and case coordination for male victims will be initially rolled out state wide there will be a staged roll out of the establishment of SAMs (for those victims at Serious Threat).

The successful organisation will provide two services as the Local Support Service:

1. Initial phone contact and case coordination for male victims of domestic and family violence requiring support in the designated area(s) of NSW, and
2. Representation of the male victim(s) at ‘Serious Threat’ at Safety Action Meetings (SAMs) as required, and as SAMs are rolled out across NSW. 

NSW Regions: Far North Coast, Mid North Coast, New England, Central Coast, Hunter, Cumberland/Prospect, Nepean, Northern Sydney, Inner West, South East Sydney, South West Sydney, Central West, Orana/Far West, Riverina/Murray, Illawarra, Southern Highlands

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

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