Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3)

Descriptions

This contract notice is in relation to the re-procurement of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which provides up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation.   This re-procurement is for four of the Early Adopter Probation regions. The current provision across the four contracted regions is a total of 932 bed spaces. This tender aims to re-procure the provision at a total of 748 bed spaces from June 2024 across four Lots with flexibility to increase provision volumes to optimise the capacity of the CAS3 by up to 25% of the bed spaces wherever possible. The required initial bed spaces within each Lot are:  Lot 1 East of England - 227  Lot 2 Yorkshire and the Humber - 216  Lot 3 North West - 183  Lot 4 Kent, Surrey and Sussex - 122  The Authority intends to award contracts end April 2024 with a commencement date of 24th June 2024.  The contract term is 3.5 years with the option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. The contract term includes a 6 month mobilisation period from June 2024 to December 2024, to allow for a gradual build-up of bed spaces.  Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for each of the Lot(s) / Region(s) in which they are bidding.  This service is being procured on the basis that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014 may apply.