Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3

Tender description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the contracting authority intends to commission ten (10) contracts to provide the ‘Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3’ (“CAS-3”) service in five ‘Probation Regions’. The Regions (represented by lots) are: North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South Central, South West and London. The London procurement will have 5 sub-lots to reflect the size of the market the London sub-lots will be broken down as follows: London SW -: Richmond, Wandsworth, Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Kingston London SE: Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley London NW: West: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Hillingdon, Harrow, Hounslow London NE: City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking & Dagenham London North Central: Westminster, Camden, Islington, Enfield, Barnet, Haringey . The successful Suppliers will provide (either themselves or through a supply chain) accommodation to a Person on Probation (“POP”) at risk of being homeless upon being released from prison or as part of their resettlement and moved-on from an Approved Premises (CAS-1), or period at a Bail Accommodation and Support Service (BASS) residence (CAS-2). Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for the Region(s) in which they are bidding, which is tailored to reflect specific locations and volumes, volumes may vary throughout the life of the contract depending on demand for the service in each region. The successful suppliers shall provide accommodation to a referred POP from the first night of release for up to 84 days and provide individualised pastoral, floating support to each POP to support them in maintaining the accommodation as well as helping the POP move-on into settled accommodation. Lot 10: CAS3 Community Accommodation services National Roll out CAS-3 is a new service for the Authority. The successful Suppliers will provide a delivery model that meets the specification and accommodates POPs referred to them by the Probation Homelessness Prevention Team (“HPT”) for a period of up to 84 nights. Each lot comprises sub-regions that the successful Supplier(s) will source accommodation services for. The approximate number of POPs the successful Supplier(s) for each lot will accommodate each month are (NB these figures comprise sub-regional requirements): 1. North East:99 2. West Midlands:198 3. East Midlands:270 4. South Central:147 5. South West:189 6. London South West:43 7. London South East:129 8. London North West:79 9. London North East:110 10. London North Central:80 These numbers are indicative and the Authority reserves the right to adjust the number of beds, or the cohort using the beds during the life of the contract based on its demand and forecasting information. The successful Suppliers shall provide Support to a POP residing in the Accommodation. The Support provided by the Supplier must include contact at least 1 weekly contact and 2 visits/month (1 hour each visit). The focus of the Support is to assist the Prison Leaver to manage their temporary accommodation and to assist the Community Probation Practitioner and Commissioned Rehabilitation Services provider (Accommodation) (if different) to carry out activities towards moving on into settled accommodation. This support will not be focussed on helping the Prison Leaver to rehabilitate as part of their resettlement planning. The successful Supplier shall offer a range of Accommodation including properties with one (1) Bed Space in self-contained units up to properties with a maximum of four (4) Bed Spaces. Each Accommodation unit shall be dedicated to single gender usage (i.e. men or women or transgender (as required). The location of the female units to be determined in discussion with the Authority. Female accommodation units should be 1 or 2 bed spaces. For transgender individuals the Authority will liaise with the Supplier in order for their Accommodation to be managed on an individual basis. As a minimum, the Accommodation provided must comply with Decent Home Standards published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, be of a good standard, and is furnished and arranged in compliance with any applicable law, regulation, or guidance concerning COVID-19.