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Published 18 May 2022, 07:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Community Accommodation Service - Tier 3

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureMax 10 lots per supplier
Published estimate£287,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the contracting authority intends to commission ten (10) contracts to provide the ‘Community Accommodation Service – Tier 3’ (“CAS-3”) service in five ‘Probation Regions’. The Regions (represented by lots) are: North East, West Midlands, East Midlands, South Central, South West and London. The London procurement will have 5 sub-lots to reflect the size of the market the London sub-lots will be broken down as follows:

London SW -: Richmond, Wandsworth, Croydon, Sutton, Merton, Kingston

London SE: Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley, Bromley

London NW: West: Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Hillingdon, Harrow, Hounslow

London NE: City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Havering, Barking & Dagenham

London North Central: Westminster, Camden, Islington, Enfield, Barnet, Haringey .

The successful Suppliers will provide (either themselves or through a supply chain) accommodation to a Person on Probation (“POP”) at risk of being homeless upon being released from prison or as part of their resettlement and moved-on from an Approved Premises (CAS-1), or period at a Bail Accommodation and Support Service (BASS) residence (CAS-2).

Suppliers will be expected to meet the Specification for the Region(s) in which they are bidding, which is tailored to reflect specific locations and volumes, volumes may vary throughout the life of the contract depending on demand for the service in each region.

The successful suppliers shall provide accommodation to a referred POP from the first night of release for up to 84 days and provide individualised pastoral, floating support to each POP to support them in maintaining the accommodation as well as helping the POP move-on into settled accommodation.

CPV: Other community, social and personal services · Probation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published · win at most 10 of them
Lot #1CAS3 Community Accommodation services National Roll outRenewalPublished value£287,000,000

CAS-3 is a new service for the Authority. The successful Suppliers will provide a delivery model that meets the specification and accommodates POPs referred to them by the Probation Homelessness Prevention Team (“HPT”) for a period of up to 84 nights.

Each lot comprises sub-regions that the successful Supplier(s) will source accommodation services for. The approximate number of POPs the successful Supplier(s) for each lot will accommodate each month are (NB these figures comprise sub-regional requirements):

  1. North East:99
  2. West Midlands:198
  3. East Midlands:270
  4. South Central:147
  5. South West:189
  6. London South West:43
  7. London South East:129
  8. London North West:79
  9. London North East:110
  10. London North Central:80

These numbers are indicative and the Authority reserves the right to adjust the number of beds, or the cohort using the beds during the life of the contract based on its demand and forecasting information.

The successful Suppliers shall provide Support to a POP residing in the Accommodation. The Support provided by the Supplier must include contact at least 1 weekly contact and 2 visits/month (1 hour each visit). The focus of the Support is to assist the Prison Leaver to manage their temporary accommodation and to assist the Community Probation Practitioner and Commissioned Rehabilitation Services provider (Accommodation) (if different) to carry out activities towards moving on into settled accommodation. This support will not be focussed on helping the Prison Leaver to rehabilitate as part of their resettlement planning.

The successful Supplier shall offer a range of Accommodation including properties with one (1) Bed Space in self-contained units up to properties with a maximum of four (4) Bed Spaces. Each Accommodation unit shall be dedicated to single gender usage (i.e. men or women or transgender (as required). The location of the female units to be determined in discussion with the Authority. Female accommodation units should be 1 or 2 bed spaces. For transgender individuals the Authority will liaise with the Supplier in order for their Accommodation to be managed on an individual basis.

As a minimum, the Accommodation provided must comply with Decent Home Standards published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, be of a good standard, and is furnished and arranged in compliance with any applicable law, regulation, or guidance concerning COVID-19.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Possibly 2 year extension after 3 yearsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: The authority requests that the supplier states their demand capacity and preferences when bidding on more than one lot
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 May 2022, 07:27 BST
Last source update
18 May 2022, 07:27 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Jun 2022 – …
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-013218
Classification (CPV)
Other community, social and personal servicesProbation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033a40 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Information on expected performance conditions is provided for information only and is contained within the target operating model.

Publisher note: The indicative contract commencement date is currently planned for End December 2022/early January 2023 (“Commencement Date”) and the Supplier's obligations will run from that Commencement Date. Mobilisation of the service will start around that Commencement Date with an expectation of properties to be available straight away and ramped up thereafter. The TED reference for the Prior Information Notice for this tender is 000136-2022. The Contracts Finder reference for the Early Engagement Notice for this tender is: tender_000136-2022. These contracts are non-exclusive and the Authority therefore reserves the right to commission additional suppliers to provide any element of these services according to Authority's needs. Bravo Project Reference is prj_7821. ITT Reference is: [TBD] The MoJ reserves the right to reject all or any of the tenders and not to award a contract to any bidder, without any liability on its part. Nothing in this notice shall generate any contractual obligations prior to the signature of a contract following a competition.

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
8 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 May 2022 → 23 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    18 May 2022, 07:27 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    23 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Justice

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 102 Petty France, London, UK, SW1H 9AJContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria