NOMS – Reducing Re-Offending - Tender to Pilot a Project providing Independent Advocacy to women in prison who are Restricted Status and women with the most complex needs- Grant Funding 2015-16

Description Overview:

NOMS are inviting expressions of interest for a Grant Award to support an organisation that will test the impact of Independent Advocacy on the engagement and progression of a small cohort of Restricted Status (RS) women and women with the most complex needs who find it difficult to engage and progress through their sentence plans.

The scope of the grant is broadly as follows:

1. NOMS commissioning intentions include provision to commission services which will “enhance public protection and ensure a safe, decent environment and rehabilitative culture”. The aim of this grant is to create and develop new and innovative solutions that will benefit short and long term rehabilitative solutions for a cohort of women at HMP/ YOI Styal, HMP/YOI Bronzefield and HMP/YOI Foston Hall.

2. The funding seeks to enable the following outcomes:

a) Build trust and provide a consistent relationship and provide practical and emotional support to the women. b) Improved engagement in regime, interventions and treatment services. c) Empower women to make positive choices. d) Women being involved in their sentence and care planning. e) Women able to identify and effectively communicate their needs. f) Enhanced relationships between women and their service providers. g) Build trust and provide a consistent relationship and provide practical and emotional support to the women. h) Improved engagement in regime, interventions and treatment services. i) Empower women to make positive choices. j) Women being involved in their sentence and care planning. k) Women able to identify and effectively communicate their needs. l) Enhanced relationships between women and their service providers.

Please find further details in the attached Scoping Document.

Additional information: How to apply The Ministry of Justice will be performing this event through its eSourcing Portal. The eSourcing Portal is an online application that allows all potential suppliers to create and submit their responses to any Requests for Information (RFI), Requests for Quotes (RFQ), or Requests for Proposals (RFP) via the internet rather than in paper form (where they have been invited to respond).

If you are not registered on the eSourcing Portal please send an email to the relevant buyer, [email protected] or alternatively to [email protected] stating: Company Name; Your Name; Contact email; Contact phone number: Sourcing Reference Number: 4653-2-Reducing Reoffending-SE-RFI.

The buyer or an individual associated with the sourcing event will then contact you with the registration process. If you are already registered on the eSourcing Portal please contact either the relevant Buyer or the [email protected] expressing your interest in the sourcing event.

The RFI event will be available on the Emptoris e-Sourcing portal from Friday 8th May 2015. This will give you access to all of the relevant documents, instructions and application form.

The application process is due to close at 12:00 noon on 8th June 2015. Bidders should allow sufficient time to register their interest, prior to the RFI submission deadline on 8th June 2015.

If you have any technical problems while registering or using Emptoris you should contact [email protected]. Further information is also available at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement#eprocurement. If you have any questions regarding the process or criteria, you should contact [email protected]