---
title: "DF Finance, Benefit & Debt In-Custody & Community Services for North East"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043699"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043699"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043699.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043699.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE"
published: "2024-02-02"
---

# DF Finance, Benefit & Debt In-Custody & Community Services for North East

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043699

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043699)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043699.json)

## Summary

The Ministry of Justice has recently awarded a contract for DF Finance, Benefit & Debt In-Custody & Community Services for North East. This procurement falls under the services category with a focus on probation services. The specific location for service delivery includes areas in Northumberland, Newcastle, South Tyneside and Gateshead, Sunderland, Stockton and Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland and Middlesborough, County Durham and Darlington. The procurement method was a selective process with a restricted procedure. The awarded contract was signed on 11th July 2022, with St Giles Wise Ltd being the active supplier.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses involved in delivering rehabilitative and resettlement interventions, focusing on financial, benefit, and debt services for People on Probation. Businesses well-suited to compete in this tender should have expertise in managing finance, benefits, and debt needs for vulnerable groups within the criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice, as the buying organisation, is seeking solutions to support individuals in achieving financial security and overcoming challenges linked to offending behavior.

## Notice

The Authority had Finance, Benefits and Debt services for People on Probation ensuring that People on Probation have sufficient lawfully obtained money to live on is key to their rehabilitation, but some individuals will face significant problems achieving that financial security. Previous statistics suggest over 23,000 People on Probation had financial problems linked to offending such as low incomes, debt, disrupted access to benefits advice and insufficient income on release from prison. Ensuring that these individuals have sufficient, lawfully obtained money to live on and are able to manage their debts is key to rehabilitation and some will benefit from support to overcome significant problems in achieving that financial security.

### 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 pursuant to Section 7 of the PCR 2015 (Social and Other Specific Services) the 'Light Touch Regime'. Ensuring that People on Probation are able to manage their own finance, benefits and debt needs is key to their rehabilitation. However, some People on Probation will face significant problems achieving financial security. Finance, Benefit and Debt issues are linked to offending for almost half of People on Probation. Therefore, some People on Probation will benefit from support to overcome problems in achieving financial security. One of the key priorities for the Ministry of Justice Outcome Delivery Plan 2021/22 is to 'End rough sleeping through more effective prevention and crisis intervention services and reduce homelessness by enabling local authorities to fully meet their statutory duties'. Research has shown that being in debt makes it more difficult to obtain and sustain accommodation and employment.: "Debt and crime thus reinforce each other in a negative way" (Van Beek 2021), negatively contributing to the overall government objective to reduce reoffending. Finance, Benefit and Debt Services can be delivered as part of a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR) whereby a specified number of RAR Activity Days will be allocated by the Probation Service for those subject to a Community Sentence or Suspended Sentence Order. Any Sessions delivered as part of a RAR Activity Day or as a mandated Licence or Post Sentence Supervision appointment will be Enforceable. Additional information: The specific evaluation and award criteria for each competition were detailed in full in the procurement documents for the call off competition. The procurement documents are published on the Authority's esourcing portal.

Options: - The Authority reserved the right to exclude tenders that did not achieve a total quality score of 60. - The Authority reserved the right to exclude tenders that did not achieve an individual quality criteria threshold.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003461-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 10 Jul 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,488,607 |

## 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 | 1 |
| Supplier names | ST GILES WISE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75231240 - Probation services

## Release History

- 2 Feb 2024 at 09:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003461-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:277986-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-043699. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-043699.json.