Integrated Offender Management Services

Contracts

• Integrated Offender Management Services · Change Grow Live Services LtSME

  Signed

  26 Nov 2019

  Value

  £5,351,149

  Status

  active

  • Change Extending the contract period for a period of up to 24 months, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Additional services have become necessary because of the requirement to continue the IOM contract and service to meet existing demand and allow the review and procurement work to be carried out. The work done so far has revealed changes in the service since last procured, including early prison release and additional work involving substance misuse testing and treatment. There is also potential for future changes to IOM due to changing priorities of key partners such as WY Police and Probation. This significant programme of change requires additional time to undertake the remodelling and re-procurement. It is not possible to write a service specification until it is clearer what the wider criminal justice system will look like. As such, it is not possible to reprocure this service at present from a technical perspective and this modification would serve as a transitional arrangement. OM is a complex delivery model involving a three-way partnership and it is crucial to ensure that it is undertaken correctly so that the next commissioned service has the best possible chance of success, and existing provision is not disrupted or lost in the process. This existing partnership has established a working delivery model which currently cannot be replaced due to economic and technical reasons. As stated within this report the criminal justice sphere, within which this agreement operates, is undergoing a significant time of change. From a technical perspective, it is not possible to conduct a re-modelling exercise to appoint any new contractors or devise new delivery partnerships at present. The extension period will ensure continuation of provision whilst the re-modelling work takes place. As the current model involves complex partnership relationships, any attempted change under the current circumstances of the criminal justice field would , in addition to the technical reasons set out above, also cause significant inconvenience and a potential duplication of costs In particular the current contractor provides a colocation facility to Probation and West Yorkshire Police and there would not be time to replicate this arrangement with a new contractor before the current contract expires.  Conducting an open procurement that potentially results in a change of provider at this point and then a further procurement potentially resulting in another provider in 18 months is an inefficient use of resources and diverts costs from front line delivery into bidding and mobilising services.  The total value of this decision will be up to £1,440,000 to modify the contract by the addition of up to 24 months. This equates to just under 37% of the value of the original contracts, which is permissible under this modification. Taking these figures into account, the modification of the contract by the addition of 24 months does not exceed 50% of the initial contract value.

Dispute resolution & review bodies

• The High Court of JusticeReview body London