# Community Accommodation Service - Tier 2 \(formerly named Bail Accommodation and Support Service\)

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice\.](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £100,000,000
- Published: 17 March 2021
- Planned start: 1 February 2022
- Planned end: 30 September 2027
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 71b51f4b-984e-4729-9f98-ef401787714c-420936
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb635a0f-d42c-4675-9c65-7d95ec49497a

## Description

The Ministry of Justice \(MoJ\) as the contracting authority is looking to commission the provision of Community Accommodation Service Tier-2 to replace the current service named Bail Accommodation and Support Service \(BASS\)\. The service is for people released on bail and offenders released from custody who meet the necessary eligibility criteria; including but not limited to, those released on Home Detention Curfew \(HDC\) and Additional License Cohort \(ALC\)\. The Accommodation and Support Services allows both offenders and defendants to remain outside of the prison environment when they do not have an address to reside, providing them with accommodation and a range of support services to ensure they are safely managed within the community\. Please see Find a Tender Notice; 2021/S 000-005242 at https://www\.find-tender\.service\.gov\.uk/Notice/005242-2021?

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71b51f4b-984e-4729-9f98-ef401787714c-420936)