NSW Department of Communities and Justice / Advance notice of a planned Request for Tender for the Provision of Transitional Support Services - DJ 2016 - 29

Corrective Services NSW intends to tender, subject to formal commitment of funds, for the provision of two services to assist offenders with specific transitional needs.

1. A mentoring service that uses volunteers to assist in the transition from custody to community and to enhance community engagement, for:

 a) Inmates in custody to access pre release external leave programs before they are released.  Pre release support will target correctional centres which are primarily located in the Hunter / Greater Western Sydney and South Coast areas; and

 b) Offenders post release who are initially under CSNSW supervision in the community and are primarily located in Hunter / Greater Western Sydney and South Coast areas and possibly throughout NSW.

2. A transitional supported accommodation service to support higher risk parolees under the supervision of CSNSW in the community in the Hunter / Central Coast and Wollongong areas.  The service (s) will be provided to clients for up to 12 weeks.

Service provision requires a high level of collaboration between CSNSW and the service provider.

An innovative approach to the development and delivery of both services is encouraged. 

CSNSW is prepared to engage a single supplier to provide each or both services.  The supplier may be a partnership or consortium and CSNSW encourages the formation of such arrangements to meet its needs.

It is a requirement that interested parties register with E-tender NSW to enable access to the tender documents. It is anticipated that a single Tender Briefing Session will be provided to interested tenderers during the period the planned tender is open.