Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2021/S 000-026590/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable
Prior information notice without call for competition
Services
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Justice
Postal address: 102 Petty France
Town: London
Postal code: SW1H 9AJ
Country: United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 02033343555
Email: MoJCommercialReset@justice.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: TBC
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 75231230
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
This PIN is being issued for initial Stage 2 market engagement purposes only.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is retendering the provision of HMPPS Prisoner Family and Significant Other Services in England and Wales public prison estate It is recognised that supporting and maintaining links between offenders and their families can help reduce re-offending. Doing so can contribute to tackling intergenerational offending by addressing the poor outcomes faced by children of offenders. Visitor centres offer support to Families and Significant Others. They offer signposting to a range of support services, decrease the stress associated with visiting a prison establishment and facilitate inter agency working. The visitor centre services are delivered throughout most of the estate, the level of service and size of resourcing is largely dependent on local need.
The MoJ is keen to explore different specification components to ensure family services provisions address the recommendations from Lord Farmer’s 2017 and 2019 reviews (links below), as well as exploring greater integration with probation reforms, explained in detail here:
Lord Farmer Review (2017) – The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners’ Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime. Link:
Lord Farmer Review (2019) – The Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders’ Family and Other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime. Link:
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: Yes
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:Indicative lots will be discussed as part of the market engagement events
II.2) Description:
Lot No:1
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 75231230
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HMPPS will shortly be hosting market engagement events for Prisoner, Family and Significant Other Services.
There will be four virtual market engagement events (held on Microsoft Teams) covering North, South, East, West & Wales between the 1st and 3rd of November – the schedule is:
North – Monday 1st November 10am-12pm
South – Monday 1st November 2-4pm
West and Wales – Tuesday 2nd November 10am-12pm
East – Wednesday 3rd November 10am-12pm
Indicative lots (contracts legally independent of one another) will be confirmed as part of the market engagements. The approach for Women’s and Long Term High Security Estate is yet to be decided, for those interested in bidding in these areas please feel free to attend any of the engagement events.
The content of the market engagements will be the same at each event, HMPPS are running multiple events to encourage networking amongst interested bidders. A question and answer log will be circulated following the final session.
Please respond to MoJCommercialReset@justice.gov.uk and confirm:
Your preferred region and date(s)
Email addresses of those attending
Your consent for HMPPS to share your contact details with other interested providers to discuss partnership bids
If you have given consent above, please provide a brief paragraph about your organisation which will be shared along with contact details
II.2.5) Award criteria
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2021-10-22
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2021-10-22