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title: "Community Justice Learning"
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# Community Justice Learning

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-58a31b94-4ae7-4045-b861-a84f31866c34

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice has awarded contracts for the design, development, accreditation, and delivery of the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP), a level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma. The contracts cover health, social, and other services within the light touch regime, divided into lots for learning delivery in six geographical areas matching the PS Probation Regions. The contract period is from July 28, 2022, to February 28, 2027, with contracting organisations including University of Portsmouth, Sheffield Hallam University, Liverpool John Moores University, and De Montfort University.

This procurement opportunity for the Community Justice Learning tender offers business growth prospects, particularly for organisations providing education and training services, including specialist training, management training, and personal development training services. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find this opportunity suitable. The tender is based on an open procedure above threshold, with the tender deadline set for March 4, 2022, and contract awards valued at GBP 32,045,507. Contact the Ministry of Justice for further details.

## Notice

The award of contracts for the design, development, accreditation, delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as "the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)". The qualification is undertaken by all trainee Probation Officers (Learners) employed by the Probation Service (PS) across England and Wales. The course is to be delivered via a blended model that is majority distance learning. The services provided under this contract are classified as health, social and other services within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015, and the procurement process was conducted in accordance with the "Light Touch Regime" (LTR). The procurement was governed by Section 7 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Nothing should be inferred from the fact that a full contract notice was published or that reference was made to the Open Procedure. Contracts have been awarded in lots to deliver learning within 6 geographical areas, coterminous with the twelve newly formed PS Probation Regions. The intention is that two cohorts will commence learning in each Academic Year. However, the Authority and the Contractor may agree for additional intake/cohorts to start within an Academic Year. Contractors will qualify Learners joining the PS during three Academic Years from March 2023, with an option to extend to cover those Learners joining in a fourth academic year in March 2026. There will be a run-off period following each cohort to ensure that all Learners within each cohort can qualify, including following the final intake in March 2025 (or March 2026 if contracts are extended) to enable the cohorts to qualify. During the lifetime of the contract there may be related work (e.g. specific short term items of academic research; mapping of qualifications; or support to develop curriculum in response to changes in practice or legislation) that the Contractor may have the opportunity to deliver.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c065747d-f645-4852-a614-e2357c82da9d |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Jul 2022 |
| Contract period | 27 Jul 2022 - 28 Feb 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £4,300,317 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £32,045,507 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9AJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 4 |
| Supplier names | DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY; LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY; SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 75231240 - Probation services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 80532000 - Management training services
- 80570000 - Personal development training services

## Release History

- 3 Oct 2022 at 14:35 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c065747d-f645-4852-a614-e2357c82da9d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c065747d-f645-4852-a614-e2357c82da9d
  3rd October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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