Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Justice.
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
ProbationDynamicFramework@justice.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 02033343555
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Probation Services Dynamic Framework (PSDF) - Additional Day 1 Services
Reference number
2020/S 114-277986
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 75231240 - Probation services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This Contract Award Notice details the award of call off competitions conducted by the Authority via the Ministry of Justice's Probation Service Dynamic Framework (PSDF). These services provide interventions to support those subject to court orders and custodial sentences from pre-release through post-release licence and post sentence supervision to reduce re-offending.
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. This notice details the award of 4 of these competitions, previous outcomes were detailed in the prior notice publication (2020/S 114-277986)
The framework and subsequent call-off competitions have been procured via the light touch regime.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £15,218,395.06
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 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
- 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
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
102 Petty France, London,
SW1H 9AJ
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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).
The Authority has utilised the PSDF to procure the following range of services to meet The Authority’s requirements that must be live on Day 1 of delivery which is the 26th June 2021:
• 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;
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 available within the PSDF Contract Notice and subsequent documentation.
This Contract Award Notice details the award of 4 of these competitions, the prior award notice (2020/S
114-277986) published in April 2021, detailed the previously completed 89 competitions. It is likely that there will be additional services procured for Day 1, these outcomes will be published in due course through the appropriate channels.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Specification Compliance / Weighting: Weighting: 3%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Relationships and Engagement Network in the local landscape / Weighting: Weighting: 15%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality of Staff / Weighting: Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Risk Management and Information Sharing / Weighting: Weighting: 6%
Quality criterion - Name: Equalities / Weighting: Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Continuous Improvement / Weighting: Weighting: 3%
Quality criterion - Name: Implementation / Weighting: Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Digital and Technology / Weighting: Weighting: 6%
Quality criterion - Name: Service Enablers: 1) Digital & Technology; 2) Information Assurance and Cyber Security; 3) Workforce; / Weighting: 1) 6% 2) 4% 3) 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Service Enablers: 4) Pensions 5) Estates / Weighting: 4) Pass/Fail 5) 5%
Price - Weighting: Price Per Quality Point
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of 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 esorcing portal.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) 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.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2020/S 114-277986
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ITT_5058
Title
Accommodation Services for South Central
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ingeus UK Limited
Greater London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,443,171
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,362,477
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ITT_5062
Title
Education, Training and Employment for South Central
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ingeus UK Limited
Greater London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £2,478,188
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,478,188
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ITT_5059
Title
Accommodation Services for London
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
St Mungo Community Housing Association
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £6,792,652
Total value of the contract/lot: £6,995,291.92
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
ITT_5060
Title
Accommodation Services for Yorkshire and The Humber
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Shelter
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £5,671,081
Total value of the contract/lot: £5,460,692
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The majority of the services within scope of the DF are listed within Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and pursuant to Section 7 (Regulations 74-77 of the PCR) are subject to the ‘Light Touch Regime’ or 'LTR' under which the Authority is not obliged to comply with the full requirements of the PCR. The PSDF is described as a framework agreement, but has features of a dynamic purchasing system; it is not subject to either Regulation 33 or 34 of the PCR, and Regulation 28 does not apply to this procurement. This is irrespective of the use of this standard form notice (the Authority is unable to use the LTR notice for technical compatibility reasons). The Authority will comply with its equal treatment, transparency, non-discrimination and proportionality obligations throughout the procurement.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
Country
United Kingdom