Market Engagement for Offender Engagement in the Arts (Strategic Grant)
The Ministry of Justice is running a Market Engagement exercise to help inform the development of the requirements before any competition is launched. If you are not registered on Jaggaer, follow this link https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk and find the ‘Click here to register’ icon. The Market Engagement Questionnaire (PQQ_483), shall be available in the Jaggaer portal from 10:00hrs on Monday 12 May 2025.The closing deadline is 17:00hrs on Monday 26 May 2025.Late submissions shall not be accepted. See Further Information for more details. (To note, this is not a selection exercise for the recompete of the above Strategic Grant. We are using this method to reach as many potential bidders as we possibly can).
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Summary
HMPPS is conducting a market questionnaire to understand if there are suppliers who would be interested in delivering Offender Engagement in the Arts Grant.
The Purpose of the Grant
The purpose of the grant is for activities around offenders’ art, planning, organising and curating art exhibitions within prison establishments, immigration removal centres and the Youth Custody Service, involving and engaging offenders in custody in the art, as part of HMPPS’ objectives of rehabilitation.
Eligibility
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Objectives
Aims and objectives of the Funded Activities
The Grant is available for activities to promote prisoner participation in the Arts.
Funded Activities
The Grant Recipient will be expected to engage with all prisons in England and Wales, with Immigration Removal Centres and with the Youth Custody Service .
The Funded Activities of this Grant are:
· To increase offender engagement in a range of art activities, so as to support their learning, personal and social development, health and wellbeing and resettlement.
· To plan, organise and curate a high-profile annual establishments-wide arts competition for art works completed by offenders, working in partnership with key stakeholders. The Grant Recipient should run the annual prisons-wide competition once in each funding year (three competitions in total).
· Winners are to be rewarded, and a selection of work is to be displayed for public viewing.
· To raise the profile of the benefits of the arts to offender rehabilitation.
· Carry out evaluation of delivery, impact and outcomes.
Dates
The Market Engagement Questionnaire (PQQ_483), shall be available in the Jaggaer portal from 10:00hrs on Monday 12 May 2025.The closing deadline is 17:00hrs on Monday 26 May 2025.Late submissions shall not be accepted. Once your Market Engagement Questionnaire is completed and submitted via the Jaggaer portal, it will be reviewed and as instructed previously you will be invited to a 1:1 Market Engagement session. To note, invitations will be sent as soon as possible after the PQQ closing date.
How to apply
See instructions re how to apply in the short description of the Grant.
Supporting information
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