Published date: 24 June 2025

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 21 July 2025, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial consultancy services - 66171000

  • Housing services - 70333000

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

    • Probation services - 75231240

    • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Health and social work services - 85000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2025CRS

Published date

24 June 2025

Closing date

21 July 2025

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

1 March 2027

Contract end date

1 March 2032

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.


Description

Reed intends to bid for the Ministry of Justice's men's Commissioned Rehabilitation Services which will provide a range of support activities to reduce the risk of reoffending through the provision of whole-person rehabilitation solutions, specifically in securing Accommodation; Finance, Benefits and Debt management; and Education, Training and Employment.

We welcome applications from organisations who can deliver this specialist support, including SMEs and VCSEs, in the following lots:

1. Community Link Work - In custody, through the gate and community support to provide practical and emotional support in familial relationship building.
2. Housing Support - In custody, through the gate and in the community support to obtain or maintain suitable accommodation and prevent homelessness.
3. Education, Training and Employment - Pre-release and in community support with obtaining and maintaining suitable education, training or employment.
4. Finance, Benefit and Debt - In custody and in community support with immediate financial needs (e.g., freezing debts, stopping benefits) and support to manage debt and finances in the community including low income, debt, disrupted access to benefits and insufficient income.
5.Lived Experience - To enhance service delivery through trained peer mentors/staff, able to demonstrate clear benefits of engagement to service users and peer mentors/staff.

How to Respond to this invitation:
Please fully complete and submit this EOI by the closing date of 21st July 2025 at 6pm. EOI can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/SCxdtA2RW2.

Contact partner.network@reed.com should you have questions. For information on how we score our EOIs and work with partners, visit our website https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/

Please note, this does not constitute an offer to work with your organisation but is the first stage in our selection process. For organisations successful at EOI stage, we will undertake further due diligence and commercial pricing analysis to make our final selection of partners. Thank you for your interest in working with us.


How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.


About the buyer

Address

ACADEMY COURT
LONDON
WC2A1DT
England

Email

partner.network@reed.com

Website

https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/