Provision of Tier 3 Community Accommodation Services: Prior Information Notice

The MoJ wish to conduct early engagement with the market to further shape its requirements and assess the viability of the market delivering the provision of Community Accommodation Services – Tier 3 (“CAS-3”). This is a call to the market ahead of an upcoming competition with no commitment to tender at this time. The CAS-3 project is currently in 5 regions, this tender is for a roll out across 6 other regions. The service is intended to provide accommodation to Prison Leavers 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). The provision of accommodation for an individual SU is intended to be up to 84 days, providing provision from the first night of release. It is intended that the Supplier(s) will provide 30 minutes of low-level support per week to each SU to support them in maintaining the accommodation and move-on into settled accommodation. The Supplier(s) will be expected to work with the SU’s Community Probation Practitioner (“CPP”). The Probation regions in scope for CAS-3 are: London, East Midlands, West Midlands, South West, South Central and North east. This call to the market is to: i) understand the capacity and appetite of the market to deliver the various elements of this service, ii) understand regional disparities which may affect the delivery of the service, and iii) receive feedback about any key operational considerations. The MoJ will hold several online events going into further detail on the requirement during 19th until 27th January 2022. To register for these event, please email: CentralHPT@justice.gov.uk by 17th January 2022. Suppliers will also be requested to complete a questionnaire.