Provision of an OPD Intervention Service (The Fens Service) located within HMP Whitemoor

This Intervention specification is designed to support the outcomes of the OPD (OPD) Pathway by providing services located in prison or medium secure settings that deliver individually tailored and psychologically informed interventions directly to people screened onto the pathway, which aims to enhance the management of risk of serious harm to others and re-offending, and develop psychological wellbeing and social engagement. This service will operate consistently with other OPD services in prison, NHS secure, community and health settings. <br/>The outcome of this procurement will be a contract award to a sole provider, who will ensure that the service supports the four high level outcome for the OPD pathway. These are: <br/>➢ For men, a reduction in repeat serious sexual and/or violent offending; or for women, a reduction in repeat offending of specified offences; <br/>➢ Improved psychological health, wellbeing, pro-social behaviour and relational outcomes; <br/>➢ Improved competence, confidence and attitudes of staff working with complex people who are likely to have severe ‘personality disorder’; <br/>➢ Increased efficiency, cost effectiveness and quality of OPD pathway services<br/>Bidders are asked to note that the requirement is for 47 treatment places, with capacity for 23 outreach places and 23 additional residential places. The Co-Commissioners are seeking innovative solutions for those 23 places. This could be, for example, progression/PIPE but not limited to that.<br/><br/>Full details of the Authority's requirements are set out in Schedule A-Tender Specification of this ITT.