Published date: 28 January 2021

Last edited date: 17 May 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 1 June 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Market research services - 79310000

  • Social research services - 79315000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£42,000

Procurement reference

tender_248030/921560

Published date

28 January 2021

Closing date

1 June 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 July 2020

Contract end date

1 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Business requires the Supplier to undertake a coherent and effective programme of research and evaluation that best enables learning from the experience of dealing with the threat of Covid-19 in the youth secure estate, in order to "build back better".

The research activity would need to be coordinated in order to ensure that it met the big asks of informing:

(a) ongoing response/recovery,
(b) what the new normal would look like, in a way that is compatible with the YCS vision, and
(c) preparations for any future crises.

In order to do that, the research needs to capture and utilise:

(a) effects of the crisis on children and young people, staff, organisation, regime, relationships etc;
(b) responses to the crisis, including innovations; and
(c) effects of those responses. And it needs to be done in a way that is conscious of changes over time.

The person who undertakes this research needs to be independent so that they can provide:

A) coordination of the research activity to ensure that the programme is able to answer the big questions/asks;
B) independent constructive assessment of how well YCS has responded to C19, using that research activity;
C) assurance of integration of the learning into wider YCS reform;
D) informed (but one-step removed) perspective for recovery thinking and future narrative.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

1 July 2020

Contract start date

1 July 2020

Contract end date

1 June 2021

Total value of contract

£42,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Professor Neal Hazel

Address

REDACTED

Reference

No reference - sole trader

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Ministry of Justice, Professional Services Category Team, CCMD, 1st Floor, 5 Wellington Place,
Leeds
LS1 4AP
England

Email

MoJProcurementProfessionalServices@justice.gov.uk