Notice Information
Notice Title
Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3
Notice Description
Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3 (CAS3) provides an opportunity to enable prison leavers who would otherwise be homeless to escape the vicious cycle of reoffending by providing up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes floating support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation. CAS3 provides a pathway to settled accommodation and acts as an enabler to wider strategic outcomes by giving people on probation greater stability as they engage in treatment, fulfil their wider licence conditions, improve their opportunities for employment and help the economy grow.
Lot Information
Provision of Community Accommodation Services Tier 3
The CAS3 project provides accommodation to People on Probation at risk of being homeless upon being released from prison or as part of their resettlement and moved-on from an Approved Premises (CAS1), or period at a Community Accommodation Service Tier 2 residence (CAS2). The provision of accommodation for an individual Person on Probation is for up to 84 days, providing provision from the first night of release. The Supplier(s) will work with the Person on Probations' Community Probation Practitioner ("CPP") to provide individualised low-level support to each Person on Probation to support them in maintaining the accommodation as well as helping the Person on Probation move-on into settled accommodation. People on Probation will be referred and managed by Probation CPPs and suppliers will be expected to work closely with CPPs and Homelessness Prevention Teams (HPTs) to deliver the service
CAS3 Community Accommodation Service Lot No: 1 - East of EnglandThis contract notice is in relation to the re-procurement of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which provides up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation. This re-procurement is for four of the Early Adopter Probation regions. The current provision across the four contracted regions is a total of 932 bed spaces. This tender aims to re-procure the provision at a total of 748 bed spaces from June 2024 across four Lots with flexibility to increase provision volumes to optimise the capacity of the CAS3 by up to 25% of the bed spaces wherever possible. The required initial bed spaces within each Lot are: Lot 1 East of England - 227 Lot 2 Yorkshire and the Humber - 216 Lot 3 North West - 183 Lot 4 Kent, Surrey and Sussex - 122 The Authority intends to award contracts end April 2024 with a commencement date of 24th June 2024. The contract term is 3.5 years with the option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. The contract term includes a 6 month mobilisation period from June 2024 to December 2024, to allow for a gradual build-up of bed spaces. Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for each of the Lot(s) / Region(s) in which they are bidding. This service is being procured on the basis that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014 may apply.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month
CAS3 Community Accommodation Service Lot No: 2 Yorkshire and the HumberThis contract notice is in relation to the re-procurement of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which provides up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation. This re-procurement is for four of the Early Adopter Probation regions. The current provision across the four contracted regions is a total of 932 bed spaces. This tender aims to re-procure the provision at a total of 748 bed spaces from June 2024 across four Lots with flexibility to increase provision volumes to optimise the capacity of the CAS3 by up to 25% of the bed spaces wherever possible. The required initial bed spaces within each Lot are: Lot 1 East of England - 227 Lot 2 Yorkshire and the Humber - 216 Lot 3 North West - 183 Lot 4 Kent, Surrey and Sussex - 122 The Authority intends to award contracts end April 2024 with a commencement date of 24th June 2024. The contract term is 3.5 years with the option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. The contract term includes a 6 month mobilisation period from June 2024 to December 2024, to allow for a gradual build-up of bed spaces. Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for each of the Lot(s) / Region(s) in which they are bidding. This service is being procured on the basis that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014 may apply.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month
CAS3 Community Accommodation Service Lot No: 3 North WestThis contract notice is in relation to the re-procurement of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which provides up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation. This re-procurement is for four of the Early Adopter Probation regions. The current provision across the four contracted regions is a total of 932 bedspaces. This tender aims to re-procure the provision at a total of 748 bedspaces from June 2024 across four Lots with flexibility to increase provision volumes to optimise the capacity of the CAS3 by up to 25% of the bed spaces wherever possible. The required initial bed spaces within each Lot are: Lot 1 East of England - 227 Lot 2 Yorkshire and the Humber - 216 Lot 3 North West - 183 Lot 4 Kent, Surrey and Sussex - 122 The Authority intends to award contracts end April 2024 with a commencement date of 24th June 2024. The contract term is 3.5 years with the option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. The contract term includes a 6 month mobilisation period from June 2024 to December 2024, to allow for a gradual build-up of bed spaces. Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for each of the Lot(s) / Region(s) in which they are bidding. This service is being procured on the basis that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014 may apply.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month
CAS3 Community Accommodation Service Lot No: 4 Kent, Surrey and SussexThis contract notice is in relation to the re-procurement of the Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which provides up to 84 nights transitional accommodation on release from prison, or when moving on from CAS1 (Approved Premises) and CAS2 (Home Detention Curfew or Bail Accommodation) provisions. The service includes support to assist with the maintenance of the transitional accommodation. This re-procurement is for four of the Early Adopter Probation regions. The current provision across the four contracted regions is a total of 932 bed spaces. This tender aims to re-procure the provision at a total of 748 bed spaces from June 2024 across four Lots with flexibility to increase provision volumes to optimise the capacity of the CAS3 by up to 25% of the bed spaces wherever possible. The required initial bed spaces within each Lot are: Lot 1 East of England - 227 Lot 2 Yorkshire and the Humber - 216 Lot 3 North West - 183 Lot 4 Kent, Surrey and Sussex - 122 The Authority intends to award contracts end April 2024 with a commencement date of 24th June 2024. The contract term is 3.5 years with the option to extend by up to 2 x 12 months. The contract term includes a 6 month mobilisation period from June 2024 to December 2024, to allow for a gradual build-up of bed spaces. Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for each of the Lot(s) / Region(s) in which they are bidding. This service is being procured on the basis that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2014 may apply.
Renewal: Option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03a552
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023492-2023
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
75231240 - Probation services
98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £152,800,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £152,800,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Aug 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 14 Sep 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 7 Aug 2023Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 23 Jun 2024 - 23 Dec 2027 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active, Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- Contact Name
- Rachael Dennis
- Contact Email
- rachael.dennis@justice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 02033343555
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9AJ
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLH East (England), TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex, TLJ4 Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
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