Reed in Partnership - Creating Future Opportunities (CFO)

Reed in Partnership intends to bid for the HMPPS CFO Evolution opportunity, the successor programme to CF03 and CFO Activity Hubs.

CFO Evolution will create a single delivery programme, complementing existing HMPPS core services and providing resettlement support to offenders in custody and the community. We recommend reading our 2-page briefing document prior to completion of the EOI - available here: https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/uploads/cfo-evolution-programme-summary-pdf.pdf

We welcome expressions of interest (EOI) from organisations with experience of supporting offenders and are particularly interested in the following activities and regions:

1. Custodial, pre-release and through the gate delivery of needs assessment, casework, interventions and activities.
2. Delivery of appropriate, engaging Human/Citizenship activities designed to support self-worth, contribution to the community and developing positive plans.
3. Delivery of appropriate and engaging Community & Social activities designed to build resilience, upskill and strengthen support networks.
4. Wraparound intervention support where required by the Court/Probation.
5. Community support for offenders including achieving and sustaining outcomes (e.g. employment, training, housing, or volunteering) and mentoring.
6. Providers with experience of delivering any/all of the above for specific cohorts e.g. women.

We are seeking providers that can deliver the above in all/any of the following Lots:

North East London Yorkshire & the Humber East of England West Midlands

Responding to this EOI:

Please fully complete and submit our EOI by the closing date of Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 6pm. The EOI can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/sUmugq04G6

Contact us at partner.network@reed.com should you have questions. For information on how we score our EOIs and work with partners, visit our website https://reedinpartnership.co.uk/partners/#opportunities

This EOI does not constitute an offer to work with your organisation, but is the first stage in our selection process. For organisations successful at EOI stage, we will undertake further due diligence and commercial pricing analysis to make our final selection of partners.

Thank you for your interest in working with us.