Dependency and Recovery Services for London Probation Services

There are four elements within the provision of the Dependency and Recovery service that the MoJ wish to explore, including the different ways in which they could be delivered, either together or separately. The elements are as follows:

1. Provision of Cannabis & other Psycho-active Drugs “unstructured” interventions
2. Provision of Alcohol Brief Interventions
3. Provision of wrap around support & brokerage services for relapse prevention, engagement and screening services
4. Improved liaison with treatment services

The MOJ is keen to engage with potential providers to gauge the appetite for the delivery of this provision, further develop the detailed design of the proposals (and explore ideas on divergent delivery models) and to identify opportunities and ways to overcome potential challenges. We also welcome engagement with the market to discuss the innovation, social value and specialist services that could be provided.

We are also interested in exploring opportunities to tailor service delivery, and develop specialist services for people on probation with complex needs, for example providing continuity of care for prison leavers who have taken harmful or prohibited substances whilst serving their sentence; members of LGBTQ who have engaged in chemsex.

The Authority will hold a video conference webinar (MS Teams) on 21st September 13:00-15:00pm with the organisations which express an interest in this initiative. The process through which this will be undertaken is as follows:

• Follow the link below to register your interest and sign up for the session;

[teams.microsoft.com/registration/KEeHxuZ… ↗]

• Any organisations considering a bid should ensure that their detailed subject matter experts are made available for this meeting. This includes (but not limited to) operational, service design, implementation, and commercial specialists.

Any questions regarding this notice please contact ProbationDynamicFramework@justice.gov.uk, or message through the esourcing portal (Jaggaer) via PQQ_205.

*The MOJ reserves the right not to run any competitions for the services, this is an exploratory call to the market with no commitment to tender at this time. The publication of this notice by the MOJ is a voluntary publication and does not represent an acknowledgement with regard to the applicability of procurement or other rules governing the potential future process nor a commitment by the MOJ to initiate, run or complete a full procurement competition in relation to the contract as described.

Please note, the procurement will be conducted through the Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF). Only Providers who have submitted a PSDF SQ and qualified onto the PSDF under DF.03 Dependency and Recovery will be invited to bid. Further information can be found at the previous publication (ted.europa.eu/udl ↗) Additional information: The Authority can provide the following as a tentative timeline:

Market Engagement Video Conference - 21/09/21

Issue ITT documentation - 15/10/21

Tender response deadline - 15/11/21

Contract award - 12/01/22

Service Commencement - 26/04/22