Published date: 22 August 2024
Last edited date: 23 August 2024
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Opportunity (published 5 September 2024, last edited 16 September 2024)
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Contract summary
Industry
Services specific to international organisations and bodies - 98910000
Location of contract
Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Nigeria, Pakistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Value of contract
£15,000,000
Procurement reference
515
Published date
22 August 2024
Approach to market date
5 September 2024
Contract start date
1 April 2025
Contract end date
31 March 2028
Procedure type
Other: Competition for grant funding
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The United Kingdom Home Department (Home Office) is intending to deliver reintegration support to returning individuals from the UK in eleven countries:
• Albania
• Bangladesh
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• India
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Vietnam
• Zimbabwe
To support the United Kingdom Home Department's (Home Office) key priorities of tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be here, and protecting the vulnerable. The Home Office is seeking to identify appropriate reintegration delivery provider(s) to support returning individuals from the United Kingdom (UK) to the eleven countries listed above.
Purpose
• Pre-departure country specific information providing the returning individuals with the opportunity to directly contact the delivery provider .
• Relevant pre-departure communications for returning individuals, including video, audio, social media, and marketing communications.
• Airport reception provision for returning individuals to address immediate needs (for both charter and scheduled flights on request).
• Cash assistance to meet with immediate needs.
• Residential accommodation for up to five nights following arrival (with the option of an additional five nights subject individual circumstances).
• Transportation to an onward destination in-country.
• Provision of care and food packs.
• Assistance with family tracing and reunification services.
• Support with in-country redocumentation requirements.
• Signposting to, and support with accessing, local services (where available).
• Mental Health wellbeing and counselling (if required).
• Hosting workshops and/or mentorship programmes to upskill returning individuals.
• Support with accessing the job market.
• Management of the Returnee Education and Entrepreneurship Fund (REEF) for:
o support with setting up a business; or
o support with accessing vocational training or further education.
• Legal migration pathways and ethical recruitment
• Monitoring and evaluation of the returning individual's reintegration outcomes.
The Home Office invites bids from non-statutory sector, charitable and non-profit making organisations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas.
The agreement will commence on 1 April 2025 and end on 31 March 2028 - the total length of the agreement will not exceed 3 years, and it will be reviewed on an annual basis.
The value of this agreement is up to £15m over the 3-year period (£5m each financial year).
A Contracts Finder Notice will be published on 5 September with further details on how to apply for the competition.
More information
Spend profile
| Financial year | Budget |
|---|---|
| 2025/2026 | £5,000,000 |
| 2026/2027 | £5,000,000 |
| 2027/2028 | £5,000,000 |
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About the buyer
Contact name
Reintegration Delivery Team
Address
Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England
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