Independent Approved Premises - Phase Two (Probation Service Regions provided in the Description)

Approved Premises (APs) provide a critical community-based service to accommodate and manage high risk individuals serving community sentences and on release from custody.

Provision of accommodation on release is a key factor in reducing reoffending and supporting transition into the community whilst reducing the need for prison places. There is currently 104 APs across England & Wales.

Independent Approved Premises (IAPs) are run by independent contracted organisations. Providers charge for the 24-hour, 365 days-a-year Approved Premises services: including their staff, service user costs, premises, and facilities management.

15. of the current 104 APs in England & Wales are IAPs.

The MoJ intends to run a competition in late May / early June 2024 for IAPs located in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, Wales, West Midlands, East of England, South West, South Central and Kent Surrey & Sussex Probation Service Regions.

Contracts Commencement Date: 1 April 2026, following a period of mobilisation.

Our Target Operating Model (TOM) will be shared with bidders and details our property requirements. The IAPs will be single sex occupancy and operationally our preference is for each IAP to provide between 15 and 35 bed spaces.

This procurement is part of a two-phase procurement, with the ITT for Phase One having gone live in February 2024.

Across the two competition groups MoJ is seeking to contract for no less than 226 IAP bed spaces across England & Wales.

The MoJ will be holding a Market Engagement session on Wednesday 1 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:00.

Please register interest here:

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1a046f9c-1350-4341-a50d-1d41dc225e3c@c6874728-71e6-41fe-a9e1-2e8c36776ad8