Published date: 13 August 2020

Last edited date: 13 August 2020

This notice was replaced on 21 August 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 10 September 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

RASI Refugee Mentoring Schemes

Published date

13 August 2020

Approach to market date

3 August 2020

Contract start date

19 October 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

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

Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration (RASI) is part of the UK Visas and Immigration service within the Home Office and they wish to procure a contract (or contracts) for the design, implementation and evaluation of two separate mentoring pilots for Refugees.
A Refugee Employment Mentoring Scheme to enable Home Office civil servants to share their learning and experience of working in the UK with refugees. The purpose is to enhance employment prospects of refugees.
A Refugee Peer Mentoring Scheme that enables refugees to share their learning and experience of all aspects of integration with newly granted refugees. The purpose is to support the integration of refugees.

The authority is seeking to procure either 1 contract covering both schemes, or 2 Contracts, each for up to £50,000 per term (October 2020 to 31 March 2021)

Further details can be found in the attachments section within the document "Refugee Employment Mentoring Scheme & Refugee Peer Mentoring Scheme" and this notice is for a future opportunity and details on how to apply will be provided in the actual contracts finder advert that is antipcated week commencing 17 August 2020.

More information

Spend profile

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Financial year Budget
2020/2021 £100,000

Attachments

Additional text

This is a future opportunity notice and therefore intended to alert the market to this pending opportunity, and therefore the attached "Refugee Employment Mentoring Scheme & Refugee Peer Mentoring Scheme" specification is a draft.

The final documents and details on how to apply will appear within Contract Finder, during the week of 17 August 2020 but to assist Bidders plans the following indicative timetable is provided:

ITT documentation publication: w/c 17 August 2020
Clarification Period: 17-26 August 2020
Deadline for Tenders: 10 September 2020
Evaluation and Award : End of September 2020
Service start date: Early October 2020


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About the buyer

Address

Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Email

Integrationpolicyandprojectsteam@homeoffice.gov.uk