Provision of services to the community

Tender description

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority seeks to appoint an Independent Provider to establish a Restorative Justice Service. The provider will deliver the service to users across Greater Manchester through a hub and cluster model, integrated with local services; establish clear contact points for victims and offenders; provide information and advice to those supporting victims and offenders in relation to Restorative Justice; develop pathways with statutory and non-statutory agencies that can support service users; signpost or refer service users to appropriate support services; provide a mix of appropriately qualified and trained practitioners and volunteers supported and supervised by professionals; act as the main training provider across Greater Manchester in training all practitioners in relation to Restorative Justice, establish mechanisms for feedback to referral agencies in relation to individual service users. The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime seeks to increase and standardise the provision of Restorative Justice solutions for victims across Greater Manchester. During Spring 2018, the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime will be tendering to appoint an Independent Provider to deliver a service which will ensure that all victims in Greater Manchester have access to a range of restorative approaches that fit with their needs, helping them to cope and recover from the crime or incident they have experienced, and to ensure that restorative approaches are considered for offenders to help them understand the consequences of their actions, and change their behaviour to prevent re-offending. A market engagement event is to be held, in advance of the publication of the Invitation to Tender, for this contract. The purpose of this event is to provide interested parties with context around the current proposals; gather feedback from the market to assist in the development of the final specification; and allow potential providers to explore partnership opportunities with other interested parties. The event will take place at Greater Manchester Police Force Headquarters during the week commencing 23rd April 2018 and interested parties may request places for up to 4 attendees. To find out more about this event, or to request attendance, potential providers should register their interest via the Bluelight system (www.bluelight.gov.uk) and make contact with GMP Procurement using the messaging facility on Bluelight. This service falls under the "light touch regime" as set out in regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Pursuant to regulation 76(7), the Authority will conduct a competitive procedure akin to the Open Procedure, but this is not taken as acceptance by the Authority that any part of the PCR 2015 apply, other than those parts which apply to the light touch regime.