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Business Development Partner for Youth Justice Service

Liverpool City Council

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27 Jul 2026 at 10:15

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Summary of the contracting process

Liverpool City Council commissioned a specialist business development partner for its Youth Justice Service. The work covers deeper audits of casework involving children, families and victims, practice change and tailored specialist training. Its purpose is to improve safety planning, frontline practice, management oversight, quality assurance and governance, while helping the service prepare for inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. The provider must bring bespoke knowledge of the HMIP inspection framework and the national standards, including the Victims Code of Practice, and deliver improvement support at pace. This is a public-sector consultancy and training service, classified under general management consultancy services (CPV 79411000), delivered in England for the Liverpool service.

The procurement is complete and was awarded through a direct award. Public Private Ltd was selected on 27 July 2026 for £70,000. The awarded contract period runs from 3 August 2026 to 2 December 2026. The tender record gives a response deadline of 22 July 2026 at 23:59. The requirement was evaluated and commissioned as a specialist consultancy and training service focused on the buyer’s audited areas for improvement, rather than through a multi-lot competition. Liverpool City Council is the buyer. The opportunity was identified as suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community and social enterprises. The selected supplier is recorded as an SME.

For a supplier considering comparable work for Liverpool City Council, this award demonstrates demand for specialist Youth Justice improvement capacity combining consultancy, audit and workforce training. A credible competitor would need practical expertise in the HMIP inspection framework, national Youth Justice standards and the Victims Code of Practice, together with the ability to tailor training to audit findings. It would also need to support robust safety planning for children and victims, strengthen frontline practice and management oversight, and improve quality assurance and governance. The requirement favours providers able to mobilise quickly, work with children, families and victims, evidence effective practice, respond to inspection challenge and support sustainable service improvement. The procurement was suitable for SMEs and VCSEs.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Business Development Partner for Youth Justice Service

Notice Description

The youth justice service is currently undergoing development work to improve services to children, families and victims in anticipation of a forthcoming inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation. HMIP have introduced a new inspection framework which has introduced significant changes to the criteria and standards by which HMIP judge the quality of work to keep children and the community safe. Following some audit of case work with children, families and victims the service now need to carry out deeper audits alongside practice change and specialist training to ensure the workforce is appropriately trained and equipped to ensure safety planning for children and victims of children is robust and in adherence with the new national standards (including the Victims Code of Practice). The service need to commission is a highly specialist Youth Justice consultancy/training provider who can provide bespoke knowledge of the HMIP framework and training tailored to the areas for improvement highlighted in our audit at pace. This will provide the Youth Justice Service with specialist improvement capacity at pace to support inspection readiness and sustainable service improvement. It will help strengthen frontline practice, management oversight, quality assurance and governance arrangements, with a clear focus on improving the quality and consistency of work undertaken with children, young people and victims. This support is intended to improve confidence in the service's ability to evidence effective practice, respond to challenge, and demonstrate continuous improvement against the expectations of HM Inspectorate of Probation.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-14b642a5-1eaf-48e7-86d9-e0950f2f77b6
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd61e643-573b-4bc0-8f60-66043667ae71
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79411000 - General management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£70,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£70,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jul 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Jul 20262 months ago
Contract Period
3 Aug 2026 - 2 Dec 2026 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Liverpool City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 1DS
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
Waterfront South
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Public Private Ltd

Further Information

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