Social work and related services

Tender description

The Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC) invites interest from suitably qualified providers to manage the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) programme from 1.4.2017 for a period of 4 years. The value of the Contract is in the region of 800 000 GBP over the life of the contract. The IOM cohort has increased since the introduction of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014. The following illustrates the number of IOM clients captured by the current provider over the past 12 months: 2015 Quarter 1 — 67 Quarter 2 — 74 Quarter 3 — 88 Quarter 4 — 80 2016 Quarter 1 — 120 The average length of time a client is worked with is 6 to 9 months. IOM brings a multi agency response to crime and reoffending threats faced by local communities, by managing persistent and problematic offenders. These offenders are identified jointly by partner agencies and include the use of a pre determined criteria. This service aims to provide specific specialised interventions to IOM offenders. The principal objectives of the service are to reduce crime and re-offending, and engage substance misusing IOM offenders with appropriate support at the earliest opportunity. The service should provide the right interventions to the right individuals at the right time. The OPCC will be hosting a supplier briefing session in Winchester on 29 September 2016 for those wishing to find out more about this opportunity. Room: Itchen Floor: 1 Building location: HCC Falcon House — Winchester Building: HCC Falcon House — Winchester Date: 29.9.2016 From: 9:30 To: 11.00 Please copy this link address into your browser for parking and location details. http://www3.hants.gov.uk/education/professionalcentre/htlc-profcentre-howtofindus-2.htm Within 7 days of the briefing, OPCC will issue the tender documentation via the In-tend portal (details below) for applicants to complete and return by the end of October 2017. Successful applicant will be invited into our offices in Winchester to present their proposal during November. Contract Award will take place by end of the year to ensure a three month mobilisation period before commencement on 1 April 2017. This opportunity to ‘Express your Interest’ can be found at the Council's e-tendering website: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/ From the ‘Tenders’ tab select ‘Current’ and scroll to the project, then select ‘view details’ and on the next screen select ‘Express interest’. You must register with In-Tend (this is a free service) if you have not already done so and we recommend that you refer to the e-tendering guidance for suppliers which can be found by clicking on ‘Information for Suppliers’ at the top of the home page. Opting In and Out Please note you are required to ‘Opt In’ before you can access the ‘My tender Return’ to start populating your response. The ‘Opt Out’ functionality will also be available throughout the duration of the tender process. Opting out will give you the option of declaring you no longer want to receive any further communication in relation to this tender along with the opportunity of providing comments and feedback for this decision. You can choose to ‘Opt In’ at any time during the tender process if you initially decided to ‘Opt Out’.