Children Who Use Harm

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is inviting tenders for a South Yorkshire-wide Children Who Use Harm (CWUH) Programme. The service will support children and young people aged 10 to 17 who display harmful behaviours towards parents, carers, siblings or other family members, including child and adolescent to parent or caregiver abuse (CAPVA). It will provide tailored, trauma-informed interventions to reduce harm, improve family safety and support better outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Key Services

The programme will provide:

• Assessment, risk management and safety planning for victims and children who use harmful behaviours.
• Therapeutic and behaviour-change support for children and young people.
• Structured support for parents and carers.
• Safeguarding, relationship harm prevention and multi-agency coordination.
• Developmentally appropriate interventions adapted to communication needs and neurodiversity.
• Follow-up support and a blended delivery model using community venues, Family Hubs, schools, partner premises and online services where appropriate.

Contract Information

• Buyer: South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
• Deadline: 2 November 2026, 10:00am
• Enquiry Deadline: 22 October 2026, 11:59pm
• Contract Value: £2,600,282 excluding VAT (£3,120,000 including VAT)
• Delivery Length: 2 years, 4 months and 7 days initially, with a possible extension to 6 years, 4 months and 7 days in total
• Contract Dates: 24 November 2026 – 31 March 2029, potentially extended to 31 March 2033
• Tender Reference: DN828330
• Tender Link: ProContract Procurement Portal

The contract will cover South Yorkshire. Any extension is subject to additional programme funding being available from April 2029 and satisfactory performance. Suppliers should consult the tender documents for full service requirements, activity levels, outcome measures and contractual arrangements.

Evaluation Criteria

The published award criteria are:

• Quality: 90%
• Social Value: 10%

Supplier Requirements

The opportunity is identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs).

Legal, financial and technical participation requirements are set out in the tender documents. Providers will need to review these documents for the full eligibility criteria and service expectations.

This contract offers specialist children’s and family support providers an opportunity to deliver targeted interventions across South Yorkshire, with a focus on safeguarding, reducing harmful behaviour and improving outcomes for children, young people and affected family members.

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