Published date: 12 May 2023

Last edited date: 12 May 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 2 June 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals - 75231200

  • Probation services - 75231240

  • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

M15JW

Value of contract

£0.01

Procurement reference

GC23-014-33

Published date

12 May 2023

Closing date

2 June 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 December 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Growth Company welcomes Expressions of Interest (EOI) from organisations with experience of supporting offenders and currently delivers nine contracts for the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), in custody and in the community. These include contracts under MOJ's Probation Dynamic Framework, Prison Education DPS, and delivery of CFO Activity Hubs in Yorkshire and Humber.

We intend to bid to MOJ to deliver the forthcoming CFO Evolution programme in the North West and Yorkshire and Humber regions .

The Growth Company are looking for organisations with experience of delivering similar services, on a similar scale. We want to engage with organisations who have the experience of either:

• Custodial, pre-release and through the gate assessment, casework, activities and interventions.
• Delivery of Human/Citizenship activities which develop self-worth (e.g. arts, craft, sports, horticulture, drama, media, music and dance).
• Delivery of Community/Social activities which build personal resilience, strengthen support networks and upskill Participants (e.g. practical support to enable them to engage with mainstream services; education, training and work experience; help to build stronger community/family ties).
• Wraparound support for participants who engage with core probation interventions and services.
• Support to access and sustain engagement with mainstream/community services e.g. housing, volunteering, employment/training, mentoring).
• Experience of delivering any/all above for specific cohorts e.g. women.

The EOI document pack includes:
• GC - MOJ CFO Evolution EOI FINAL - Expression of Interest Instructions, Questionnaire, and Scoring Criteria - for completion and submission by the stated deadline

The deadline for submission of the required documents is:
17:00pm on Friday 2nd June 2023.

Your completed questionnaire must be uploaded to the Panacea portal by the deadline stated. Please note that the closing date and time is set in the system and you will not be able to apply after the closing date and time.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The Growth Company Expression of Interest - Ministry of Justice CFO Evolution

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 May 2023

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Marc Ripley

Address

Lee House
90 Great Bridgewater Street
Manchester
M15JW
England

Email

marc.ripley@growthco.uk