Number: 6989504
Country: United Kingdom
Source: TED
Bail Accommodation and Support Services (BASS) Generation 3
The Authority looked to commission the provision of Accommodation and Support Services for defendants released on bail and offenders released from custody who meet the necessary eligibility criteria; including those released on Home Detention Curfew (HDC), Intensive Custody Orders (ICO) and Additional License Conditions (ALC). The Accommodation and Support Services allows both offenders and defendants to remain outside of the prison environment when they do not have an address to reside, providing them with accommodation and a range of support services (to Bailees only) to ensure they are safely managed within the community.
The successful Supplier shall be required to design the service delivery solution to meet the accommodation and support needs of the Service Users released from courts on Bail, or those released from custody on Bail, Home Detention Curfew (HDC) or Additional Licence Conditions (ALC), as well as Service Users with an Intensive Community Order (ICO). The Bail Accommodation and Support Services (BASS) service is a critical service for the Authority, providing accommodation for those who can more appropriately and safely be supported in the community instead of being held in custody. The Authority currently envisages that the successful Supplier shall be required to deliver 550 bedspaces in 1 to 4 bedroom properties, ensuring coverage in every Community Rehabilitation Company area in England and Wales, and a minimum of 10% of the 550 bed spaces will be expected to serve females, with female bed space provided in every NPS Directorate area (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-probation-service-and-crc-location-maps).
However, potential bidding entities should note that the number of bed spaces and/or value of the contract may be greater or lower than the number and value stated in this notice, as the number of bedspaces required may fluctuate according to demand and also to any changes to the categories of Service Users eligibility in need of bedspaces. The Authority additionally reserves the right to make these spaces available for use by government agencies or bodies other than the Authority if commissioning changes require this. Further, as potential bidding entities will be aware, some of the developments from the Government"s Welfare Reforms are linked with the social housing sector.
The Authority has kept the reform developments under review when considering the development of options for a longer term accommodation strategy and for shaping future services, including this BASS Generation 3 contract. Reform developments may have an impact on the deliverables under the Bail Accommodation and Support Services (BASS) Generation 3 contract and the Authority has elected to use the competitive procedure with negotiation for this competition to allow any changes to be discussed and the cost model refined and developed accordingly. The Authority will also wish to discuss bidder proposals for improving longer term accommodation outcomes for BASS Service Users. The Authority may during the course of service delivery add or amend to the scope of accommodation and services a wider range of service users who would otherwise be placed into custody, which will need to be dovetailed into any longer term strategy. As such, potential bidding entities should be aware that any numbers, volumes or values expressed in this notice are indicative only and might be subject to change during the course of service delivery.
Referrals for the BASS can be made by providers of probation services and providers of prisons. Service users can be released to BASS from any Court in England and Wales or from any prison within the prison estate in England and Wales (https://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/contacts/hmps/prison-finder/prison-map.pdf).
Properties will need to meet the decent homes standards, be of a good standard and not stand out amongst the community in which they serve. As such, one of the elements to be assessed by the Authority under the Selection Questionnaire will be potential bidding entities" experience of procuring and managing large portfolios of property and working with groups of people with complex and challenging needs.
