Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
1. Title: REGIONAL PERSONAL TRANSITION PROGRAMME FOR THE EX-PRISONER COMMUNITY
2. Awarding Authority: CPD – Supplies and Services Division on behalf of The Executive Office (TEO), GB Email: david.cook@executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk.
3. Contract type: Service contract
Open/Competitive Flexible
4. Description: The Awarding Authority is seeking to establish a Contract for the provision of Ex-Prisoner support programmes to support those who continue to face barriers to their full civic participation in the Specified Location. For maps of the areas, please see separate document entitled ‘MAPS OF THE 4 CIT AREAS’. The Contractor will develop and design the programme through a participatory approach with the community and relevant stakeholders therefore they will need to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the community context in the four individual CIT Areas, and provide an overview of the issues and needs facing the Ex-Prisoner community within each area resulting from the impact of paramilitarism and organised crime. This should take into account the aims of the CIT Project and the overall Executive Action Plan on Tackling Paramilitary Activity, Criminality and Organised Crime. Successful delivery of this Contract aims to: Raise awareness of relevant support services available to the Ex-Prisoner community and their families; Connect individuals from the Ex-Prisoner community and their families to relevant service providers to address their particular needs (health / wellbeing, education, employment), through engagement and signposting activities; Address the issues of isolation and marginalisation impacting the Ex-Prisoner community through building community understanding and acceptance; Build relationships between the Ex-Prisoner community and other groups and sectors within the areas. This tender is linked to the Communities in Transition (CIT) Project which had been due to end in March 2024 however the Executive made a commitment to extend the overall Executive Programme on Paramilitarism and Organised Crime (EPPOC) to March 2027. As CIT is a key element of EPPOC, it has also been extended to 31 March 2027. This phase of delivery is classed as Phase 3 of CIT and will operate from 01 April 2025 – 31 March 2027. Phase 1 of the Project provided a firm foundation for continuing to address the issues that allow Paramilitarism, criminality and coercive control to persist within communities. Phase 2 presented an opportunity to further refine the work under a thematic approach as we move forward. Phase 3 will see delivery move from a thematic approach to an issues-based approach focusing on the key issues caused by paramilitarism in communities. This Contract falls under Phase 3 and will support the Department in its overall delivery of the CIT Project. The Contractor’s programme will incorporate and deliver a number of programme activities, described at paragraph 6.5 of the Specification. The Contractor must not be delivering general outreach activities as part of this programme, activities must be clearly linked to addressing issues and needs facing the Ex-Prisoner community within each area resulting from the impact of paramilitarism and organised crime, and to the Benefits Framework (as listed at paragraph 6.6 of the Specification). Full details of all the requirements for this Contract are provided for within the Specification of Requirements Schedule. It is anticipated that the Contract will commence in April 2025 and run until March 2026 with the option to extend for a further period of 12 months, up to 31 March 2027.
5. CPV Code(s): 98000000
6. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN06, UKN09, UKN13
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Carrickfergus and Larne, East Belfast, North Down and Shankill CIT Areas
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: SSD-6927
9. Estimated value of requirement: Estimated value (GBP): 198,000
10. Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 17.4.2025 (12:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information on the above contract please visit Web:
12. Other information: Evaluation Mechanism: MAT
Services, Works, Goods: Services
CPC Category: Other services
Directive: UK
CfT Involves: A Public Contract
First Cycle: Public
Tender Structure Envelope Type: Qualification/Technical/Financial
Special Regime Contract: Yes
Regime Contract TYpe: Light Touch Contract
Participating bodies: The Executive Office
Award per Item: No
Above or Below Threshold: Below
End of clarification period: 14/04/2025 17:00
Upload of documents within the clarifications: Yes
Tenders Opening Date: 17/04/2025 12:30
Allow suppliers to make an online Expression Of Interest: No
Contract awarded in Lots: No
EU funding: No
Multiple tenders will be accepted: No
Contract duration in months or years, excluding extensions: 24 months
TKR-2025327-EX-1840308
