Published date: 2 August 2024

This notice was replaced on 29 November 2024

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

Awarded contract (published 29 November 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£120,000

Procurement reference

tender_431981/1387710

Published date

2 August 2024

Closing date

2 September 2024

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 November 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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?

No

Description

His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) Approved Premises, (AP) offer an enhanced level of public protection in the community and are used primarily for high and very high risk of serious harm individuals released on licence from custody. This is typically following serious violence and/or sexual offences. APs thus act as a half-way house between prison and home, and have two main roles:

- to support the resettlement and rehabilitation of individuals who have committed serious offences
- to support the safety of other people in individuals' early months in the community.

APs are staffed 24 hours a day and impose various constraints on residents' freedoms. During their stay, AP residents are required to:

- engage in rehabilitative activities
- work on their offending-based behaviours and attitudes
- attend any relevant treatment or intervention programmes.

As part of their day-to-day duties Probation Service staff may come across incidences of violence and aggression. Staff need to be trained in managing violence and aggression with particular emphasis on non-contact de-escalation techniques.
Training needs to be flexible combining face-to-face and virtual aspects to cover the needs of Approved Premises staff and all other staff that are offender facing.

We are looking for a training provider to deliver training to approximately 700 probation staff over a two year five month period. The high-level requirements of delivering training to staff based in Approved Premises (AP) in managing violence and aggression without contact.

The expectation is that the training will be delivered virtually, via an electronic communications platform. There may be a requirement to run a very small number of courses on a face to face basis, but the bulk will be virtual. The supplier will be expected to provide the appropriate Training Manual for use during the course.

More information

Links

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The Ministry of Justice will be performing events through its e-Sourcing Portal. The eSourcing Portal is an online application that allows all potential suppliers to create and submit their responses to this Request for Proposal via the internet rather than in paper form.

Please register via https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

Should you require any support, please contact the Bravo support team on 0845 0100 132 or esourcing@justice.gov.uk

Once registered, please search using the ITT reference: ITT_8723 -HMPPS Managing Violence and Conflict Training in Approved Premises to access this opportunity and the procurement documents.

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

As a user of the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Jaggaer messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

About the buyer

Contact name

People Services Team

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Telephone

0113 202 1054

Email

MoJProcurementlearningandDevelopment@justice.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice