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title: "Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) - Day 1 Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02af47"
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# Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) - Day 1 Services

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02af47

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010198-2021 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 May 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Dec 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £242,164,960 |

## Status

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

## 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 | 23 |
| Supplier names | ADVANCE CHARITY; BWC (BRIGHTON WOMEN'S CENTRE; CATCH22 CHARITY; CHANGING LIVES; FOUNDATION; INGEUS; LANCASHIRE WOMEN; LINCOLNSHIRE ACTION TRUST; MAXIMUS UK SERVICES; NACRO; NOTTINGHAM WOMEN'S CENTRE; PSS; SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE; ST GILES WISE GROUP PARTNERSHIP; THE FORWARD TRUST; THE GROWTH; 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 |

## CPV Codes

### 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

### 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

## Release History

- 10 May 2021 at 21:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010198-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:193253-2021:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement

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