Reparation, Victim Services and Referral Order Panel Co-ordination

Nottinghamshire County Council have awarded a contract to a single provider to lead on the delivery of Reparation and Victim Services and to co-ordinate Referral Order Panels for the Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service.

Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service (‘Nottinghamshire YJS’) work with children and young people aged 10-18 years of age who have offended or who are at risk of offending. Restorative approaches are part of the youth justice system and Nottinghamshire have awarded a contract to a Provider to lead on the delivery of restorative services to children and young people and to the victims of those that have offended and are part of the Nottinghamshire YJS. The Provider will also be responsible for the co-ordination of Referral Order panels and ensuring there are sufficient volunteer Community Panel Members; they will also be responsible for facilitating reparation and unpaid work across the service

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Nottinghamshire Youth Justice Service (‘Nottinghamshire YJS’) work with children and young people aged 10-18 years of age who have offended or who are at risk of offending. Restorative approaches are part of the youth justice system and Nottinghamshire are seeking a Provider to lead on the delivery of restorative services to children and young people and to the victims of those that have offended and are part of the Nottinghamshire YJS. The Provider will also be responsible for the co-ordination of Referral Order panels and ensuring there are sufficient volunteer Community Panel Members; they will also be responsible for facilitating reparation and unpaid work across the service.

The contract will replace an existing contract which is expiring at the end of June 2023.

The contract is due to commence on the 1st of July 2023.

The initial term of this contract will be five years with the option to extend for a further two years in increments of up to 12 months.

Bids are required to be provided to the council with the aim of a single provider to enter into an agreement with the Council

Organisations may tender individually, as a consortium, or a lead organisation in a subcontracting arrangement.

This opportunity can be accessed via the East Midlands Tenders portal https://www.eastmidstenders.org/ Reference DN645872

Please read all the tender documents. If you have any questions, please submit them through the procurement portal using the messaging facility. The deadline for questions prior to tender submission is the 29th of March 2023, this is to allow time for questions to be answered before the deadline.

The closing date for all tenders is at 17:00 hours on the 5th of April 2023 Additional information: The contract is due to commence on the 1st of July 2023.

The initial term of this contract will be five years with the option to extend for a further two years in increments of up to 12 months.

Award criteria - please refer to the tender documents : Process Overview.

2 extension option(s) available, 0 taken; up to 12 months in total