--- title: "Strategic Grant - Emotional Support to Prisoners in Distress or Crisis 2022-2025" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE" published: "2021-11-10" --- # Strategic Grant - Emotional Support to Prisoners in Distress or Crisis 2022-2025 Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-3de61531-826f-430b-8a33-dc1bebaad71b.json) ## Summary Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), under the Ministry of Justice, is inviting applications for a Strategic Grant to provide emotional support to prisoners in distress or crisis from 2022 to 2025. This procurement, classified under prison services, has a total value of £1,875,000 and is part of an open procedure for funding grants rather than contracts. The tender period will close on 3rd December 2021, with the grant activities expected to commence from 1st April 2022 and end on 31st March 2025, aimed at delivering services across England and Wales. This grant programme presents significant opportunities for charities and social enterprises focused on mental health and welfare services. Businesses with a capacity for providing emotional support, training, and expertise in safer custody practices will be well-suited to compete. The initiative not only bolsters support for vulnerable populations but also enhances the overall safety and management within the prison system, potentially allowing successful bidders to influence key areas of prisoner welfare and public safety. ## Notice ***THIS IS FOR GRANT FUNDING NOT A CONTRACT*** Over several years, Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and the Ministry of Justice have provided a grants programme for voluntary sector organisations, including charities and social enterprises, working to reduce reoffending. We are now inviting applications for this Strategic grant from 2022 - 2025 to support key objectives. The purpose of this grant project is to provide and/or enable the provision of emotional support to prisoners in distress or crisis and to ensure that such support is available across England and Wales. This scheme makes a significant contribution to HMPPS' safer custody agenda of keeping prisoners safe and reducing self-inflicted deaths. This grant will provide the provision of the following activities across both England and Wales: - Providing emotional support to prisoners throughout their time in custody, including on first reception. This includes supporting and helping prisoners who are at risk of self-harm or suicide, or experiencing other forms of crisis, to find alternative routes through their distress. Emotional support is provided face to face and through peer support as far as possible, and through other methods where necessary; - Providing training and ongoing support to those individuals who are themselves providing the emotional support to prisoners; - Improving safer custody policy and practice by: - Providing expertise, knowledge and tools to prisons and prison staff; - Sharing learning with prison establishments to enhance understanding of prisoners' needs at times of emotional distress; - Providing anonymised information about the service (which does not breach any confidentiality of the support) to prisons and at national level, to assist the wider safer custody agenda; - Providing evidence and evaluation of the impacts of the emotional support provided; and - Providing a postvention service to prisons, including a proactive offer of support to prisoners, as well as information for staff and prisoners and guidance for Governors and other managers. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb5bc8ba-05e1-4133-9239-2c8ea1d6b1d0 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Nov 2021 | | Submission deadline | 3 Dec 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2025 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,875,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE | | Locality | MANCHESTER, | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M60 0AE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Piccadilly | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75231230 - Prison services ## Release History - 10 Nov 2021 at 09:46 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb5bc8ba-05e1-4133-9239-2c8ea1d6b1d0 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb5bc8ba-05e1-4133-9239-2c8ea1d6b1d0 10th November 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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