Rehabilitative Services for men in prison or the community

Descriptions

The Authority is seeking to procure the second generation of rehabilitative services for men in prison or the community to help them address rehabilitative needs and to desist from offending, across England (other than Greater Manchester, where a procurement for similar services will be led by GM Combined Authority) and Wales.

The budget for the men's services is £854,446,831.86 (inc. VAT) for the full term of the contracts (optional extensions included), final values will be confirmed once the spending review and governance is completed. There is an indicative launch date of September 2025, an indicative award date of October 2026 and an anticipated indicative go live date of March 2027. The proposed contract length shall be 5 years, with the option to extend by up to 3 further years. Please note, that all key decisions including budgets, contract length and dates are yet to be approved through internal governance and therefore may change.

The men's services will provide a combined, whole-person, individualised service to help service users:

• Build supportive relationships and social networks. This might include family relationships, friends, community groups and peer communities.

• Connect to a range of community-based activities and resources that matter to them. This could include volunteering, sport or constructive leisure activities.

• Progress towards recovery from drug or alcohol use and gambling.

• Achieve and maintain sustainable outcomes in relation to housing, employment and financial management.

The Delivery Partner, who will undertake the role of lead bidder, will be responsible for the delivery of all services in the specification. It is envisaged.

that to deliver the whole breath of services, a supply chain may be utilised under the direction of the Delivery Partner, who will instruct, engage and collaborate with a supply chain to ensure successful delivery of the required services.

Please note, these new combined services will replace the existing separate pathway services previously procured which cover Dependency & Recovery, Personal Wellbeing, Accommodation, Finance, Benefits Debt and Education, Training and Employment.

The authority will deliver this combined service by tendering 27 contracts across two waves of tenders:

Wave 1:

Lot 1 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Cleveland

Lot 2 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Durham

Lot 3 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Northumbria

Lot 4 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Cheshire, Merseyside

Lot 5 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Cumbria

Lot 6 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Lancashire

Lot 7 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for North Wales, Dyfed-Powys

Lot 8 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Gwent, South Wales

Lot 9 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Thames Valley

Lot 10 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Hampshire

Lot 11 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Isle of Wight

Lot 12 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

Lot 13 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Devon and Cornwall, Dorset

Lot 14 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Kent

Lot 15 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Surrey, Sussex

Wave 2:

Lot 16 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire

Lot 17 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Leicestershire, Lincolnshire

Lot 18 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Staffordshire

Lot 19 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Warwickshire, West Murcia

Lot 20 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for West Midlands

Lot 21 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Humberside, North Yorkshire

Lot 22 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for South Yorkshire

Lot 23 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for West Yorkshire

Lot 24 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire

Lot 25 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

Lot 26 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for London 26 and over

Lot 27 - Commissioned Rehabilitative Services for London 18 - 25

Together and within the contract, we aim to create responsive, innovative solutions and foster lasting, positive impacts. Partnerships will be at the core of these contracts to significantly enhance the capabilities and reach of the involved entities.