A pipeline has been launched for Arrest Referral Service.The contract start Date is 1 September 2025. Approach to market date is 1 March 2025.Arrest referral service to engage offenders and provide an opportunity to break the cycle of drugs and/or alcohol and offending.DRAFT specification now available (attached)We are sharing this to invite you to feed back to us your initial thoughts and comments.We are happy to accept any feedback until Friday 7th February 2025 at 5pm (to commissioning@westmidlands.police.uk).This is a hard deadline to ensure we can consider all feedback whilst abiding to deadlines.TO CLARIFY:This is an opportunity to read the specification and let us know your thoughts – there will be a separate formal clarification question opportunity once the specification has been finalised and the formal tender is open.We would also find it really helpful if you could clarify in your feedback whether you are intending to bid for this service now you have seen the draft specification.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: West Midlands Police Authority, Lloyd House,Colmore Circus, Queensway, BIRMINGHAM B46NQ. Tel: 01216266060. Email: chelsea.lloyd@westmidlands.police.uk (Helsea Lloyd)