Published date: 6 January 2026
Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.
Contract summary
Industry
Services specific to international organisations and bodies - 98910000
Location of contract
Algeria, Sri Lanka
Value of contract
£1,800,000
Procurement reference
515 - Phase 3
Published date
6 January 2026
Closing date
26 January 2026
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
1 April 2026
Contract end date
31 March 2028
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Other: Grant funding competition
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Description
The United Kingdom Home Department (Home Office) is intending to deliver reintegration support to Returning Individuals from the UK in two countries:
• Algeria
• Sri Lanka
BACKGROUND
To support the United Kingdom Home Department (Home Office) key priorities of tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be here, and protecting the vulnerable, the department is seeking a Recipient(s) to deliver reintegration services to support Returning Individuals from the United Kingdom (UK) to the two countries: Algeria and Sri Lanka
PURPOSE OF THE FUNDING
• Pre-departure information - produce a country-specific information sheet that will enable Returning Individuals to contact the Recipient directly.
• Produce 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 charters and upon request for scheduled flights).
• Temporary accommodation for up to 5 nights following arrival.
• Transportation to an onward destination in-country.
• Care and food provision packs.
• Assistance with family tracing and reunification services.
• Support with in-country redocumentation requirements.
• Signpost and support-provision to access local services including housing, health services, social services support, educational support, legal services, and financial services (where available).• Mental Health support (where required).
• Support with accessing the labour market.
• Management of the Returnee Education and Entrepreneurship fund (REEF) to provide:
o support with setting up a business; or
o support with accessing vocational training; or
o support with accessing further education.
• Hosting workshops and/or mentorship programmes to upskill Returning Individuals.
• Legal migration pathways and recruitment in third countries.
• Effective monitoring and evaluation of reintegration outcomes.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA OF APPLICANTS
The Home Office invites applications from those organisations who express an interest in the opportunity and meet the eligibility criteria.
The Applicant must:
• be a non-statutory sector organisations that are charities (if a charity has a UK charity number), Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), community organisation, or social enterprise and non-profit making organisation in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas,
• be able to deliver the Purpose the full duration of the grant period, including any possible extension period, and
• be able to meet all lotting criteria and outcomes.
Scheme specific:
The Applicant must:
• be committed to work with Returning Individuals who have been convicted in the UK criminal justice system (Foreign National Offenders); and
• have previous experience of delivering reintegration services in the past 3 years; and
• have legal authority to operate across the entire in the country they are applying for.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
The Home Office Returns Reintegration Programme (HORRP)
- Early engagement
- Published 3 November 2025
Attachments
Additional text
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For full details, please download the attached document.
How to register
In order to apply for funding, Applicants will first need to register on the Home Office (HO) Jaggaer portal via the following link:
https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
Applicants should be approved for usage within 24 hours of registering on the system.
After clicking on the eSourcing portal link, it should take you to the home page. On the left-hand side of this page, just below the login boxes, there is an option to register.
To register as a supplier, you will need to provide information which will include:
• the full legal name of your organisation;
• your DUNS number - a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun & Bradstreet (if you are an international organisation, and do not have a DUNS number, please email (HOCommercial.Reintegration@homeoffice.gov.uk); and
• profile information describing your organisation and the size of your business.
Once registered as a supplier on the portal, please send a notification e-mail to HOCommercial.Reintegration@homeoffice.gov.uk and request access to the associated documents for the Home Office Reintegration Programme competition.
Email to include:
Email subject line "Reintegration Programme - Portal Access."
Organisation name (as registered on Jaggaer).
Organisation type (as per eligibility criteria above).
Contact name (as registered on Jaggaer).
E-mail address.
Country Lot(s) you are applying for.
Confirm you meet the essential eligibility criteria:
• be committed to work with Returning Individuals who have been convicted in the UK criminal justice system (Foreign National Offenders); and
• have previous experience of delivering reintegration services in the past 3 years; and
• have legal authority to operate across the entire in the country they are applying for; and
If you have any difficulties registering on the system, then you should contact the Supplier eSourcing Helpdesk: customersupport@jaggaer.com
The HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal is independent of other eSourcing portals. Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer eSourcing portal, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal.
Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer eSourcing portal, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal.
Please note that applications will only be accepted via the HO eSourcing portal. Any applications received outside of this system will not be considered.
Please note that registering for access to the eSourcing portal will not make you a Home Office supplier. To be considered for the award of funding you must first respond to an opportunity.
Further information about competition at the Home Office can be found on the gov.uk website.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Address
Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England
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