Published date: 30 June 2020

Last edited date: 30 June 2020

This notice was replaced on 4 January 2021

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 4 January 2021)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Probation services - 75231240

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

    • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Management training services - 80532000

    • Personal development training services - 80570000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Procurement reference

tender_199789/864160

Published date

30 June 2020

Closing date

30 September 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Ministry of Justice (the Authority), intends to tender for the
provision of academic learning for probation practitioners in England
and Wales. The services to be procured are expected to comprise of:

- delivery of the current curriculum framework, including the
Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP), to new learners from
July 2021 until June 2024; and
-review and re-design of the current curriculum framework; and
- delivery of the revised curriculum framework to trainee learners
from 2022 to 2025.

Trainee learner cohorts currently begin studying with universities on a
twice-yearly basis. As currently conceived, the contract(s) would
provide for at least six cohorts of learners from the July 2021 intake
through to the January 2024 intake (and learning delivery therefore
into 2025).

The Authority will conduct market engagement between June - July 2020 to inform service and contract design. Details regarding the initial market engagement can be found below; additional events may be publicised in due course.

If you would like to register to hear more background information about this and receive a market engagement questionnaire, please register on
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk
Expressions of interest and market engagement responses to the questionnaire should be submitted to the Authority via BRAVO no later than:14th July 2020 12 pm noon if you wish to participate in the market engagement exercise

This notice is being issued for market engagement purposes only. Any
information provided is indicative only of the Authority's current intentions and is subject to change.

About the buyer

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

MoJProcurementLearningandDevelopment@Justice.gov.uk

Website

https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/