Offender Accomodation Pilot

Tender description

The pilot requires suppliers to provide stable accommodation and support services to eligible prisoners upon release from HMP Pentonville, Bristol and Leeds. The pilots will support prisoners who are serving up to 12 months and who’ve been identified as being at risk of homelessness on release from custody. The supplier shall provide single bed, self-contained units to a minimum number of released offenders as follows: HMP Bristol 80, HMP Pentonville 185, HMP Leeds 155. The support in the community will total approximately 130 hours during the first 6 months, 78 hours for the next 6 months and 52 hours for the second year of support. The overall value of this service (across the 3 pilot areas) is 6 100 000 GBP across a 3-year contract. Service users will be accepted into the pilot programme up until 12 months after the agreed mobilisation date, with 2 years of support needed for each service user. Three(3) contracts are available, and bidders may bid for 1,2 or all of these contracts.