Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Emma.Littlefair@justice.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 02033343555
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
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
HMPPS Prisoner, Family and Significant Other Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75231230 - Prison services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This PIN is being issued for initial Stage 2 market engagement purposes only.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is retendering the provision of HMPPS Prisoner Family and Significant Other Services in England and Wales public prison estate It is recognised that supporting and maintaining links between offenders and their families can help reduce re-offending. Doing so can contribute to tackling intergenerational offending by addressing the poor outcomes faced by children of offenders. Visitor centres offer support to Families and Significant Others. They offer signposting to a range of support services, decrease the stress associated with visiting a prison establishment and facilitate inter agency working. The visitor centre services are delivered throughout most of the estate, the level of service and size of resourcing is largely dependent on local need.
The MoJ is keen to explore different specification components to ensure family services provisions address the recommendations from Lord Farmer’s 2017 and 2019 reviews (links below), as well as exploring greater integration with probation reforms, explained in detail here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strengthening-probation-building-confidence
Lord Farmer Review (2017) – The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners’ Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime. Link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/642244/farmer-review-report.pdf
Lord Farmer Review (2019) – The Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders’ Family and Other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime. Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/farmer-review-for-women
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
Indicative lots will be discussed as part of the market engagement events
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 75231230 - Prison services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
HMPPS will shortly be hosting market engagement events for Prisoner, Family and Significant Other Services.
There will be four virtual market engagement events (held on Microsoft Teams) covering North, South, East, West & Wales between the 1st and 3rd of November - the schedule is:
North - Monday 1st November 10am-12pm
South - Monday 1st November 2-4pm
West and Wales - Tuesday 2nd November 10am-12pm
East - Wednesday 3rd November 10am-12pm
Indicative lots (contracts legally independent of one another) will be confirmed as part of the market engagements. The approach for Women’s and Long Term High Security Estate is yet to be decided, for those interested in bidding in these areas please feel free to attend any of the engagement events.
The content of the market engagements will be the same at each event, HMPPS are running multiple events to encourage networking amongst interested bidders. A question and answer log will be circulated following the final session.
Please respond to MoJCommercialReset@justice.gov.uk and confirm:
Your preferred region and date(s)
Email addresses of those attending
Your consent for HMPPS to share your contact details with other interested providers to discuss partnership bids
If you have given consent above, please provide a brief paragraph about your organisation which will be shared along with contact details
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
22 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