Probation Services - Accredited Programmes and Unpaid Work

The Ministry of Justice intends to tender for Probation intervention and rehabilitation services in England & Wales. The services to be procured are expected to comprise:

• Provision of unpaid work (or 'community payback') for all offenders;
• Accredited programmes for all offenders except sex offenders; and
• Rehabilitative interventions, which are delivered as part of Rehabilitation Activity Requirements ('RAR') & resettlement interventions

Enabling services and interventions to support desistance will also be available to procure via the dynamic framework.

This notice has been issued for Innovation Partners to deliver Unpaid Work & Accredited Programmes and support the NPS to identify and deliver wider innovation. A separate notice has been issued for rehabilitative services & resettlement interventions.

This notice is being issued for Market Engagement purposes only.

Any information provided is indicative only of the Authority's current intentions and is subject to change.

Additional information:

The Authority will conduct a series of market engagement events between May and July 2019 to inform service and contract design, and we invite all interested suppliers to attend. Details regarding initial events can be found below; additional events will be publicised in due course. If you would like to register to hear more information about these events, please contract ProbationAPandUPW@justice.gov.uk

It is the Authority's intention to share draft tender documents, including the draft Dynamic Framework Agreement, with interested suppliers ahead of the competition. If you would like to receive these documents, please register your interest by emailing the following address: ProbationAPandUPW@justice.gov.uk

Launch events (28th to 30th May 2019):

The launch events will outline:

• Our vision for probation services and what we want to achieve;
• Indicative procurement timelines

These will be joint events covering two procurements: 1) Accredited Programmes ('APs') and Unpaid Work ('UPW'); and 2) Rehabilitative and resettlement interventions. Dates have been scheduled for:

• London - 28th May 2019 (10:30 to 13:00) - also available via Webinar.
• Cardiff - 29th May 2019 (10:30 to 13:00)
• Manchester - 30th May 2019 (10:30 to 13:00)

Webinars: Service Descriptions (5th June to 6th June 2019)

Webinars, providing an overview of the various services to be procured are scheduled for Wednesday 5th June and Thursday 6th June.

If your like to register for any of the Launch Events or Webinars please go to http://probationlaunch.eventbrite.com.

The procurement activity is expected to commence in autumn 2019, ending summer 2020 to allow for a period of mobilisation and transition.