Planning

Dependency and Recovery Services for London Probation Services

  • Ministry of Justice

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-022747

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02e04a

Published 13 September 2021, 10:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Justice

102 Petty France

London

SW1H 9AJ

Email

ProbationDynamicFramework@justice.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 02033343555

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Dependency and Recovery Services for London Probation Services

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 75231240 - Probation services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This notice is to alert the market that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Probation Service (PS), are considering running a Call-Off Competition, through the Probation Service Dynamic Framework, for a Provider of a Dependency and Recovery service across the London Probation Services Region. The MoJ will be conducting market engagement to explore opportunities for the delivery of this service.

Please note, the procurement will be conducted through the Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF). Only Providers who have submitted a PSDF SQ and qualified onto the PSDF under DF.03 Dependency and Recovery will be invited to bid. Further information can be found at the previous publication (https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:277986-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&tabLang=en)

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 75231240 - Probation services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

There are four elements within the provision of the Dependency and Recovery service that the MoJ wish to explore, including the different ways in which they could be delivered, either together or separately. The elements are as follows:

1. Provision of Cannabis & other Psycho-active Drugs “unstructured” interventions

2. Provision of Alcohol Brief Interventions

3. Provision of wrap around support & brokerage services for relapse prevention, engagement and screening services

3. Improved liaison with treatment services

The MOJ is keen to engage with potential providers to gauge the appetite for the delivery of this provision, further develop the detailed design of the proposals (and explore ideas on divergent delivery models) and to identify opportunities and ways to overcome potential challenges. We also welcome engagement with the market to discuss the innovation, social value and specialist services that could be provided.

We are also interested in exploring opportunities to tailor service delivery, and develop specialist services for people on probation with complex needs, for example providing continuity of care for prison leavers who have taken harmful or prohibited substances whilst serving their sentence; members of LGBTQ who have engaged in chemsex.

The Authority will hold a video conference webinar (MS Teams) on 21st September 13:00-15:00pm with the organisations which express an interest in this initiative. The process through which this will be undertaken is as follows:

• Follow the link below to register your interest and sign up for the session;

[https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/KEeHxuZx_kGp4S6MNndq2A,H3t46a-Pm060K9tbG7GaAA,3fN3EPAzHUqeNuD4-2WcKg,r1gsPkM4ZUeCuENqkaYoyQ,-XLpW1R0GEiGE7V6FNWJWQ,QWmdDqf_oE-zDeprdaTg4Q?mode=read&tenantId=c6874728-71e6-41fe-a9e1-2e8c36776ad8]

• Any organisations considering a bid should ensure that their detailed subject matter experts are made available for this meeting. This includes (but not limited to) operational, service design, implementation, and commercial specialists.

Any questions regarding this notice please contact ProbationDynamicFramework@justice.gov.uk, or message through the esourcing portal (Jaggaer) via PQQ_205.

*The MOJ reserves the right not to run any competitions for the services, this is an exploratory call to the market with no commitment to tender at this time. The publication of this notice by the MOJ is a voluntary publication and does not represent an acknowledgement with regard to the applicability of procurement or other rules governing the potential future process nor a commitment by the MOJ to initiate, run or complete a full procurement competition in relation to the contract as described.

Please note, the procurement will be conducted through the Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF). Only Providers who have submitted a PSDF SQ and qualified onto the PSDF under DF.03 Dependency and Recovery will be invited to bid. Further information can be found at the previous publication (https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:277986-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&tabLang=en)

two.2.14) Additional information

The Authority can provide the following as a tentative timeline:

Market Engagement Video Conference - 21/09/21

Issue ITT documentation - 15/10/21

Tender response deadline - 15/11/21

Contract award - 12/01/22

Service Commencement - 26/04/22

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

4 October 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Please note, the procurement will be conducted through the Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF). Only Providers who have submitted a PSDF SQ and qualified onto the PSDF under DF.03 Dependency and Recovery will be invited to bid. Further information can be found at the previous publication (https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:277986-2020:HTML:EN:HTML&tabId=1&tabLang=en)