KEY DECISION
POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR BEDFORDSHIRE
Title and Reference – PCC/D/095
Subject: Restorative Approaches (RA) in Prisons Lanyard Cards
Report of: Police and Crime Commissioner
Date: 18/07/2023
Summary:

Overview of project:
Restorative approaches enable those who have been harmed to convey the impact of the harm to those responsible, and for those responsible to acknowledge this impact and takes steps to put it right. Restorative approaches refer to a range of methods and strategies which can be used both to prevent relationship-damaging incidents from happening and to resolve them if they do happen.

Prison can be a challenging environment where staff- prisoner relationships and prisoner to prisoner relationships could benefit from restorative approaches to inform alternative approaches to conflict resolution that address behaviours and increase understanding.
The process was completed in line with the OPCCs commitment to working closely with 7 Force Commercial Services, ensuring that the Commissioning Team and wider OPCC adhere to the local Financial Regulations and Contract Standing Orders which set out the following financial thresholds:

• £0-£5,000 – one written quote required to commission services
• £5,000 – £50,000 – three written quotes required to commission services
• £50,000 and above – services to be commissioned via competitive tender.

For this process, the allocated budget was sub £5,000 therefore the appropriate process was to obtain one quote, however for best practise we aimed to obtain three written quotes. Three written quotes were obtained from the following organisations:

Once obtained, each quote was considered against the following criteria.
• Capability to design and print.
• Value for money.
Following this process, (detail how each organisation did against these criteria and why they “winner” was most suitable.