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title: "GMCA 600 GMIRS Well-being Support and Integration Service"
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# GMCA 600 GMIRS Well-being Support and Integration Service

Buyer: GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ce62

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## Summary

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has issued a tender titled "GMCA 600 GMIRS Well-being Support and Integration Service" in the services category. This tender is part of the Justice Devolution arrangements with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). It aims to devolve national commissioning responsibilities to GMCA for the Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative Services (GMIRS) programme. The tender involves infrastructure and coordination, integration and service development, and service delivery, with a contract value of £8,950,000. The procurement method is an open procedure under the Light Touch Regime. The tender period ends on 22nd June 2023, and the award period started on 22nd May 2023 with bid opening conducted online.

This tender by GMCA presents an opportunity for businesses in the private, voluntary, community, and social enterprise sectors to deliver rehabilitative services in Greater Manchester. Companies with expertise in service coordination, integration, and service delivery for well-being support and rehabilitation would be well-suited to compete. The tender requires a provider to establish delivery hubs across Greater Manchester, including in-custody support for people in prison, offering opportunities for commercial growth. Interested parties can access the tender details on the official website of GMCA's procurement platform.

## Notice

As part of Justice Devolution arrangements between Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), it has been agreed that HMPPS will devolve their national 'Dynamic Commissioning Framework' responsibilities for commissioning of services through to GMCA. The devolved approach for Greater Manchester is entitled 'Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative Services' (GMIRS). This approach is designed to offer a less structured and more locally tailored interventions which will draw on the experience, innovation, and skill within the private and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors (VCSE), to provide effective rehabilitation and resettlement services that address criminogenic needs unmet by Greater Manchester Probation Service through their programmes, Accredited Programmes, Unpaid Work and Structured Interventions. For Greater Manchester the Probation Service relationship will solely be with the Probation Service - Greater Manchester Region. There are also a number of minimum requirements and other specific activity required by HMPPS which form part of this specification. This ITT requires the provider to deliver three specific elements. * Infrastructure and coordination - the provider will hold the contract and be the single point of contact for all performance and data requirements with the commissioners. They will provide the reporting coordination and infrastructure to ensure a minimum standard of delivery is available for all PoP across Greater Manchester and minimum standards are adhered to. They ability and capacity to sub-contract with local and or specialist providers. * Integration and service development - the provider will have an integration function that enables the Well-being and other GMIRS services to maximise the understanding of the impact of interventions and identify gaps, communicate learning across internal and external partners and seek to maximise the income the GMIRS can access via fund raising and the development of any potential commercial avenues including social corporate responsibility and additional grants and contracts available to the VCSE sector. * Service delivery - deliver or commission partners to deliver the core Well-being Support Service in each local authority area of Greater Manchester and deliver in-custody support for people in prison. The Provider may choose to do this by subcontracting with existing local providers to ensure there is a minimum of one delivery hub in each locality. The provider will also subcontract any additional specialist support that may be required at a GM scale for example; Finance, Benefit and Debt, Family Support, or Trauma Informed Support. This opportunity can be viewed at https://www.the-chest.org.uk. The procurement exercise is being conducted as open procedeure under the Light Touch Regime

### Lot Information

Lot 1

As part of Justice Devolution arrangements between Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), it has been agreed that HMPPS will devolve their national 'Dynamic Commissioning Framework' responsibilities for commissioning of services through to GMCA. The devolved approach for Greater Manchester is entitled 'Greater Manchester Integrated Rehabilitative Services' (GMIRS). This approach is designed to offer a less structured and more locally tailored interventions which will draw on the experience, innovation, and skill within the private and voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors (VCSE), to provide effective rehabilitation and resettlement services that address criminogenic needs unmet by Greater Manchester Probation Service through their programmes, Accredited Programmes, Unpaid Work and Structured Interventions. For Greater Manchester the Probation Service relationship will solely be with the Probation Service - Greater Manchester Region. There are also a number of minimum requirements and other specific activity required by HMPPS which form part of this specification. This ITT requires the provider to deliver three specific elements. * Infrastructure and coordination - the provider will hold the contract and be the single point of contact for all performance and data requirements with the commissioners. They will provide the reporting coordination and infrastructure to ensure a minimum standard of delivery is available for all PoP across Greater Manchester and minimum standards are adhered to. They ability and capacity to sub-contract with local and or specialist providers. * Integration and service development - the provider will have an integration function that enables the Well-being and other GMIRS services to maximise the understanding of the impact of interventions and identify gaps, communicate learning across internal and external partners and seek to maximise the income the GMIRS can access via fund raising and the development of any potential commercial avenues including social corporate responsibility and additional grants and contracts available to the VCSE sector. * Service delivery - deliver or commission partners to deliver the core Well-being Support Service in each local authority area of Greater Manchester and deliver in-custody support for people in prison. The Provider may choose to do this by subcontracting with existing local providers to ensure there is a minimum of one delivery hub in each locality. The provider will also subcontract any additional specialist support that may be required at a GM scale for example; Finance, Benefit and Debt, Family Support, or Trauma Informed Support. This opportunity can be viewed at https://www.the-chest.org.uk. The procurement exercise is being conducted as open procedeure under the Light Touch Regime.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014545-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 22 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | £8,950,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | SALFORD |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M27 8US |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD34 Greater Manchester South West |
| Local authority | Salford |
| Electoral ward | Swinton Park |
| Westminster constituency | Salford |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 85 - Health and social work services

### Codes

- 85320000 - Social services

## Release History

- 22 May 2023 at 15:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014545-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

## Provenance

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