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# Community Justice Learning

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029f79

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice is conducting a procurement process titled "Community Justice Learning," which falls under the education and training services sector. The tender is currently complete and was initiated for the development, accreditation, delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as the "Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)" for trainee Probation Officers across various regions in England and Wales. The procurement method was an open procedure, and relevant contracts were signed on 10th November 2021. The various lots cover locations including London, the East of England, and the North West among others, with a significant estimated total value for contract awards in the range of £4.4 million to £10.1 million.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for growth, especially for businesses involved in training and educational services, particularly those that specialise in probation and criminal justice-related qualifications. The ideal competitors should include universities, training providers, and consultancy firms that offer accredited educational programmes. Moreover, given the tender's focus on distance learning, businesses with a robust online training platform and experience in effective pedagogical strategies would be well suited to compete in this procurement process.

## Notice

Procurement for the delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as "the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)" for intakes in November 2021 and March 2022 (with possible extension). The qualification is undertaken by all trainee Probation Officers (Learners) employed by the Probation Service across England and Wales. The course is to be delivered via a blended model that is majority distance learning.

### Lot Information

Contract for the Provision of the Community Justice Learning (CJL) Qualification

This notice relates to a further 12 month extension to the Lots 1, 5 & 6 of the University of Portsmouth contracts, with a new contract expiry date of 7 April 2023. The Authority considers the modifications of the Contract without prior publication of a Contract Notice is permitted by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and Directive 2014/24/EU. The Contract was modified in accordance with regulation 72(1)(b)/article 72(1)(b) on 6th November 2020 and accordingly does not in the Authority's view amount to the award of a new contract and/or an unlawful substantial change. The modification does not alter the overall nature of the Contract. The estimated price increase does not exceed 50 % of the estimated value of the original Contract (as against the notional contract values of each Contract identified at section V.2.4. The further 12 month extension is necessary for the provision of additional services, namely for the completion of cohorts 9 and 10, which each commence during the original permitted contract term but which will not complete before the original expiry date of April 2022, as follows: Cohort 9 (21 month course): January 2021 commencement and October 2022 completion Cohort 10 (15 month course): July 2021 commencement and October 2022 completion Cohort 10 (21 month course: July 2021 commencement and April 2023 completion A change of contractor part way through a cohort cannot be made for economic and technical reasons and would cause significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the Contracting Authority. The significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs is driven by: - Inconvenience to learners during their professional studies - a change in learning provider midway through a course could compromise their ability to qualify on time and achieve the pay rise associated with qualification - The need to recognise and accredit prior learning if learners move between providers - while there is nationally required content, the individual courses that learners complete are accredited by their institutions. Therefore the transfer of credits and recognition of prior learning would see significant duplication of costs from any new provider - Inconvenience to the MoJ - at a time of significant reform of the probation system, to transfer learners between providers is likely to see a significantly increased workload for National Probation Service staff who supervise Probation Officers vocational training. The 12 month extension to the Contract will enable current learner cohorts 9 and 10 to complete the CJL qualification with the Contractor. The MoJ published a Contract Notice on the 4th January 2021 on Find a Tender Service (publication reference: 2021/S 000-000066) for the delivery of the CJL qualification from April 2023.The overlap in contractual terms is so that learners can start and finish their learning with a single provider. This extension provides for the completion of learners in cohorts that start in or before July 2021.

London, East of England, Kent Surrey and Sussex, South West and South Central, Wales

Procurement for the development, accreditation, delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as "the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)" to all learners based in National Probation Service regions within the Lot. The service provision falls within the scope of Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015) and consequently the procurement is conducted in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of PCR2015. Nothing should be inferred from the fact that reference is made to the Open Procedure.

North East, Greater Manchester, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber

Procurement for the development, accreditation, delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as "the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)" to all learners based in National Probation Service regions within the Lot. The service provision falls within the scope of Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015) and consequently the procurement is conducted in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of PCR2015. Nothing should be inferred from the fact that reference is made to the Open Procedure.

East Midlands, West Midlands

Procurement for the development, accreditation, delivery, and award of the level 6 degree honours/graduate diploma known as "the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP)" to all learners based in National Probation Service regions within the Lot. The service provision falls within the scope of Schedule 3 of the Public Contract Regulations (PCR2015) and consequently the procurement is conducted in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of PCR2015. Nothing should be inferred from the fact that reference is made to the Open Procedure.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029751-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Oct 2015 |
| Contract period | 7 Apr 2016 - 7 Apr 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £20,100,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE |
| Additional buyers | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE. |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | N/A |
| 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 | 3 |
| Supplier names | DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION; SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 75231240 - Probation services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80510000 - Specialist training services
- 80532000 - Management training services
- 80570000 - Personal development training services

## Release History

- 30 Nov 2021 at 22:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029751-2021
- 25 Mar 2021 at 22:56 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006151-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
- https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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