Home Office Reintegration Programme - Phase 2

Description

The United Kingdom Home Department (Home Office) is intending to deliver reintegration support to returning individuals from the UK in eleven countries: • Albania • Bangladesh • Ethiopia • Ghana • India • Iraq • Jamaica • Nigeria • Pakistan • Vietnam • Zimbabwe To support the United Kingdom Home Department's (Home Office) key priorities of tackling illegal migration, removing those with no right to be here, and protecting the vulnerable. The Home Office is seeking to identify appropriate reintegration delivery provider(s) to support returning individuals from the United Kingdom (UK) to the eleven countries listed above. Purpose • Pre-departure country specific information providing the returning individuals with the opportunity to directly contact the delivery provider . • Relevant pre-departure communications for returning individuals, including video, audio, social media, and marketing communications. • Airport reception provision for returning individuals to address immediate needs (for both charter and scheduled flights on request). • Cash assistance to meet with immediate needs. • Residential accommodation for up to five nights following arrival (with the option of an additional five nights subject individual circumstances). • Transportation to an onward destination in-country. • Provision of care and food packs. • Assistance with family tracing and reunification services. • Support with in-country redocumentation requirements. • Signposting to, and support with accessing, local services (where available). • Mental Health wellbeing and counselling (if required). • Hosting workshops and/or mentorship programmes to upskill returning individuals. • Support with accessing the job market. • Management of the Returnee Education and Entrepreneurship Fund (REEF) for: o support with setting up a business; or o support with accessing vocational training or further education. • Legal migration pathways and ethical recruitment • Monitoring and evaluation of the returning individual's reintegration outcomes. The Home Office invites bids from non-statutory sector, charitable and non-profit making organisations in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas. The agreement will commence on 1 April 2025 and end on 31 March 2028 - the total length of the agreement will not exceed 3 years, and it will be reviewed on an annual basis. The value of this agreement is up to £15m over the 3-year period (£5m each financial year). A Contracts Finder Notice will be published on 5 September with further details on how to apply for the competition. Additional information: Any e-mails related to this Future Opportunity Notice will not be responded to.