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10 May 2021 at 22:55

Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Justice is currently completing the procurement process for a framework agreement titled "Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) - Day 1 Services." This contract falls under the probation services category, which is part of the public service sector in the UK. The procurement method used is based on a selective tendering approach, specifically under the 'Light Touch Regime' as outlined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Key dates include a contract launch on 26 June 2021, with various services needed across multiple national regions, including Accommodation, Education, Training, Employment, and specialised Personal Wellbeing services.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that provide rehabilitation and resettlement services, particularly those specialising in accommodation management, mental health support, education and training, and women's services. Companies that can demonstrate experience in these areas and are equipped to handle governmental contracts, especially in the probation context, would be well-served to participate. Aspiring bidders should focus on building strong local partnerships and can leverage previous compliance with quality and amelioration standards, as outlined in the competitive criteria associated with this tender.

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Notice Title

Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) - Day 1 Services

Notice Description

This Contract Award Notice details the award of 89 call off competitions conducted by the Authority via the Ministry of Justice's Probation Service Dynamic Framework, these services provide interventions to support service users subject to court orders and custodial sentences from pre-release through post-release licence and post sentence supervision to reduce re-offending. The framework and subsequent call-off competitions have been procured via the light touch regime. The services procured across various national regions are; * Accommodation; * Education Training and Employment; * Personal Wellbeing (Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion); * Personal Wellbeing Young Adults (as above plus Young Adult cohort) * Women's Services (Accommodation; Education Training and Employment; Finance Benefit and Debt; Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion; Women's Cohort)

Lot Information

Lot 1

In June 2020 the Ministry of Justice established the Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) to allow the Authority and Participating Bodies to purchase services to deliver rehabilitative and resettlement Interventions. The Dynamic Framework and subsequent Call-Off Competitions are conducted inline with the Light Touch Regime of PCR2015. The Authority has utilised the PSDF to procure a range of services to meet The Authority's requirements that must be live on Day 1 of delivery which is the 26th June 2021. Only bidders that were qualified onto the PSDF within the appropriate financial thresholds, relevant regions and the appropriate service categories were invited to the Call-Off Competitions. All guidance on this is set out in the PSDF Contract Notice and subsequent documentation. The Authority has so far conducted 107 call off competitions through the PSDF and this Contract Award Notice details the award of [89] of these competitions. Additional services may be procured for Day 1, details of which will be published in additional Contract Award Notice(s). The Authority procured the following services; * Accommodation; * Education Training and Employment; * Personal Wellbeing (Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion); * Personal Wellbeing Young Adults (Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion; Young Adults Cohort) * Women's Services (Accommodation; Education Training and Employment; Finance Benefit and Debt; Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion; Women's Cohort) The initial approach was to procure for the following services at the following regional levels, depending on the requirements; * Accommodation procured at the National Probation Service regional level; * Education Training and Employment procured at the National Probation Service regional level; * Personal Wellbeing (Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion) procured at Police and Crime Commissioner regional level;. * Personal Wellbeing Young Adults (Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion; Young Adults Cohort) procured at Police and Crime Commissioner regional level; * Women's Services (Accommodation; Education Training and Employment; Finance Benefit and Debt; Emotional Wellbeing; Lifestyle and Associates; Family and Significant Others; Social Inclusion; Women's Cohort) procured at Police and Crime Commissioner regional level; In some regions, no compliant bids were recieved. The Authroity carryied out further market analysis, which infomred the decision to re-run some of the National Probation Service regional level competitions at Police and Crime Commissioner regional level. Accommodation Wales has now been awarded to 4 Police and Crime Commissioner regions. Further competition re-runs are in progress and these will be detailed in future notices. Additional information: Contract values are based on volumes which the customer may amend during the contract term. Figures stated in the contract notice reflect the Authority's volume estimates at the time of publication

Options: - The Authority reserved the right to exclude Tenders that did not achieve a total quality score of 60 per cent; - The Authority reserved the right to exclude tenders that did not meet specified individual question thresholds (thresholds varied depending on the competition); - Certain specific Call-Off Contracts have been awarded based on Highest Quality Conforming (HQC) tender; - Weightings varied from the above in some call off competitions; - The sub-requirements within each question varied, these were described in the Invitation to Tender, with response templates provided by the Authority. The specific Evaluation and Award Criteria for each competition were detailed in full in the procurement documents for each individual call off competition. The procurement documents are published on the Authority's esourcing portal (Jaggaer).

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02af47
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010198-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

33 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

75 - Administration, defence and social security services

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

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

33693300 - Addiction treatment

75110000 - General public services

75130000 - Supporting services for the government

75200000 - Provision of services to the community

75230000 - Justice services

75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals

75231230 - Prison services

75231240 - Probation services

75310000 - Benefit services

79611000 - Job search services

80000000 - Education and training services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

80500000 - Training services

80521000 - Training programme services

80530000 - Vocational training services

85000000 - Health and social work services

85300000 - Social work and related services

85312300 - Guidance and counselling services

85312400 - Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions

85312500 - Rehabilitation services

85312510 - Vocational rehabilitation services

85321000 - Administrative social services

85322000 - Community action programme

98341100 - Accommodation management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£242,164,960 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 May 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 Dec 20205 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ministry of Justice.
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9AJ
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
25
Supplier Names

Advance Charity

BWC (Brighton Women's Centre)

Catch22 Charity Limited

Changing Lives

Foundation

Ingeus UK Limited

Lancashire Women

Lincolnshire Action Trust

MAXIMUS UK Services Limited

Nacro

Nottingham Women's Centre

PSS UK

Seetec Business Technology Centre

Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited

St Giles Wise Group Partnership

The Forward Trust

The Growth Company

The Growth Company Ltd

The Nelson Trust

The Women's Centre Cornwall (TWCC)

Thirteen Housing Group

Together Women Project

Willowdene Rehabilitation and Training

Women in Prison

Women's Work (Derbyshire) Ltd

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