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title: "Award of CR/2020/15 - Non-custodial interventions for animal welfare and wildlife offences"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000624260"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2020-08-05"
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# Award of CR/2020/15 - Non-custodial interventions for animal welfare and wildlife offences

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000624260

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## Summary

The Scottish Government is conducting a procurement process titled "Award of CR/2020/15 - Non-custodial interventions for animal welfare and wildlife offences." This process falls under the services category and is situated in Glasgow. Currently, the procurement is in the Award stage, having passed the tender phase, with the contract being signed on 5th August 2020. The tender period commenced on 10th August 2020 and is set to conclude on 1st February 2021. Contract award totals £26,278.44, and it focuses on research and development services related to interventions aimed at reducing reoffending in wildlife and animal welfare offences.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in research, animal welfare services, and consultancy, particularly those with a focus on non-custodial interventions and rehabilitation programmes. Companies with expertise in restorative justice measures, empathy-based training, and evaluation of intervention effectiveness would be ideally positioned to engage in this project. The commission aims to explore innovative approaches to reduce reoffending, creating a pathway for businesses to contribute to meaningful societal outcomes while also fostering potential growth through collaboration with public sectors.

## Notice

Section 1 - Introduction1. Scottish Government wishes to commission a research project to explore the evidence base for the effectiveness of non-custodial interventions to reduce reoffending in animal welfare and wildlife crime offenders.2. The specification sets out the aims of the work, and the tasks required of the contractor. It also sets out the management arrangements and timescales.Section 2 - Background & Context3. Non-custodial interventions, such as Community Payback Orders, have been increasingly recognised as important rehabilitation measures for reducing reoffending. The Scottish Government (2015) publication 'What Works to Reduce Reoffending: A Summary of the Evidence', for example, illustrates that there is limited but mostly positive evidence for the effectiveness of reparative and restorative programmes in reducing reoffending. As forms of non-custodial interventions, empathy-based training courses and restorative justice measures have been increasingly utilised in rehabilitation programmes. Although widely used, there is currently little conclusive evidence of their effectiveness in reducing reoffending. A lack of conclusive evidence may be due to the complex and long-term nature of reoffending statistics.4. Moreover, empathy training has been recognised as an important preventative measure. The Scottish Government has supported its use through the Roots to Empathy programme in selected Scottish schools. Restorative justice procedures are similarly used in preventing reoffending, in efforts to establish a beneficial dialogue between victims and offenders. The Scottish Government is committed to providing widely available restorative justice services across Scotland by 2023.5. There is now scope to investigate the use of different and varied interventions in cases of animal welfare and wildlife crimes, in an effort to reduce reoffending. Although other non-custodial interventions, such as Community Payback Orders, have been used for guilty charges in animal welfare prosecutions, these only make up 22% of disposals. Additionally, although there are a number of courses available for adults on developing human-human empathy, there appear to be no courses that facilitate empathy training in adults towards animals.6. Recommendations from the Wildlife Crime Penalties Review Group Report (2015) stipulate that empathy training be used for animal welfare offenders in appropriate cases. The subject was also raised during the progress of the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Bill, which was passed in Parliament on the 17th June 2020.7. Since this legislation, the Scottish Government has committed to investigating the use of empathy-based and restorative justice training courses specifically related to animal welfare and wildlife crime offending. This will provide evidence of the feasibility of introducing such measures in Scotland. The project will produce a set of research reports based on findings of an evidence review, in-depth interviews and a workshop.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG391844 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Aug 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 2 Jan 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 8 May 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £26,278 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Additional buyers | ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL; ANGUS COUNCIL; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL; EAST AYRSHIRE COUNCIL; EDUCATION SCOTLAND; FIFE COUNCIL; FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND; NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND; NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL; PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL; REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND; RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL; ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY; SASA - SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT; SCOTTISH ENTERPRISE; SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY; STIRLING COUNCIL; THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 8AE |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Renfrewshire |
| Electoral ward | Paisley East and Central |
| Westminster constituency | Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 47 |
| Supplier names | ADOPTION AND FOSTERING ALLIANCE SCOTLAND; AJC TRAILERS; AKHTER COMPUTERS; ALLTEC CONSTRUCTION; AMD CONTRACT SERVICES; ANDREW SHEPHERD CONSTRUCTION; ASA RECRUITMENT (QUICK QUOTES; BINN GROUP; BRODIES; BUNZL GREENHAM; CALEDONIAN MAINTENANCE SERVICES; CASTLEVIEW PLANT; CDW; COMPUTACENTER; COMPUTERENGLAND.COM; ELITE RENOVATIONS (SCOTLAND; ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR; EUNOMIA; FACULTATIEVE TECHNOLOGIES; FISHER SCIENTIFIC; FLEMING, FENCING & FORESTRY; GTR CONTRACTS; HAGS-SMP; HARVEY NASH; J & HM DICKSON; KOMPAN SCOTLAND; KORN FERRY (UK; LORIEN RESOURCING; MERCER; MUIR CONSTRUCTION; NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY; NURSING MIDWIFERY AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESEARCH UNIT; OPENVIEW GROUP; PERTEMPS; PROLUDIC; QUEST (SCOTLAND; ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND; SCOTT YOUNG AND SONS; SIMPSON ASSOCIATES; SPEAKEASY PRODUCTIONS; SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES; SPIE SCOTSHIELD; STAR DEVELOPMENT GROUP; STREAMTEC; THE UNION ADVERTISING AGENCY; VENESKY BROWN; VIC YOUNG (SOUTH SHIELDS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 5 Aug 2020 at 14:41 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG391844

## Notice URLs

- http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
- http://www.angus.gov.uk/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk
- http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
- http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
- http://www.fifedirect.org.uk
- http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk
- http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk
- http://www.rgu.ac.uk
- http://www.ros.gov.uk
- http://www.sasa.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/
- http://www.sqa.org.uk
- http://www.stirling.gov.uk

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