Procurement

Community Support for Men

  • Ministry of Justice

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04fa05

Description

The Authority is seeking to procure the second generation services for Community Support for men to help them address rehabilitative needs and to desist from offending, across England (other than Greater Manchester, where a procurement for similar services will be led by GM Combined Authority) and Wales.

The budget for the men's services is £854,446,831.86 (inc. VAT) for the full term of the contracts (optional extensions included), final values will be confirmed once the spending review and governance is completed. There is an indicative launch date of September 2025, an indicative award date of October 2026 and an anticipated indicative go live date of March 2027. The proposed contract length shall be 5 years, with the option to extend by up to 3 further years. Please note, that all key decisions including budgets, contract length and dates are yet to be approved through internal governance and therefore may change.

The men's services will provide a combined, whole-person, individualised service to help service users:

• Build supportive relationships and social networks. This might include family relationships, friends, community groups and peer communities.

• Connect to a range of community-based activities and resources that matter to them. This could include volunteering, sport or constructive leisure activities.

• Progress towards recovery from drug or alcohol use and gambling.

• Achieve and maintain sustainable outcomes in relation to housing, employment and financial management.

The Delivery Partner, who will undertake the role of lead bidder, will be responsible for the delivery of all services in the specification. It is envisaged that to deliver the whole breath of services, a supply chain may be utilised under the direction of the Delivery Partner, who will instruct, engage and collaborate with a supply chain to ensure successful delivery of the required services.

Please note, these new combined services will replace the existing separate pathway services previously procured which cover Dependency & Recovery, Personal Wellbeing, Accommodation, Finance, Benefits Debt and Education, Training and Employment.

The authority will deliver this combined service by tendering 27 contracts across two waves of tenders:

Wave 1:

Lot 1 - Community Support for Men in Cleveland

Lot 2 - Community Support for Men inDurham

Lot 3 - Community Support for Men in Northumbria

Lot 4 - Community Support for Men in Cheshire, Merseyside

Lot 5 - Community Support for Men in Cumbria

Lot 6 - Community Support for Men in Lancashire

Lot 7 - Community Support for Men in North Wales, Dyfed-Powys

Lot 8 - Community Support for Men in Gwent, South Wales

Lot 9 - Community Support for Men in Thames Valley

Lot 10 - Community Support for Men in Hampshire

Lot 11 - Community Support for Men in Isle of Wight

Lot 12 - Community Support for Men in Avon and Somerset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire

Lot 13 - Community Support for Men in Devon and Cornwall, Dorset

Lot 14 - Community Support for Men in Kent

Lot 15 - Community Support for Men in Surrey, Sussex

Wave 2:

Lot 16 - Community Support for Men in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire

Lot 17 - Community Support for Men in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire

Lot 18 - Community Support for Men in Staffordshire

Lot 19 - Community Support for Men in Warwickshire, West Murcia

Lot 20 - Community Support for Men in West Midlands

Lot 21 - Community Support for Men in Humberside, North Yorkshire

Lot 22 - Community Support for Men in South Yorkshire

Lot 23 - Community Support for Men in for West Yorkshire

Lot 24 - Community Support for Men in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire

Lot 25 - Community Support for Men in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk

Lot 26 - Community Support for Men in London 26 and over

Lot 27 - Community Support for Men in London 18 - 25

Together and within the contract, we aim to create responsive, innovative solutions and foster lasting, positive impacts. Partnerships will be at the core of these contracts to significantly enhance the capabilities and reach of the involved entities.

Notices

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-057389
Published
17 September 2025, 2:47pm
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UK1: Pipeline notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-057388
Published
17 September 2025, 2:46pm
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UK3: Planned procurement notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-057370
Published
17 September 2025, 2:22pm
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