Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-09-09
Buyer: Ministry of Justice (UK)
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 75231240
Estimated value: 1332375.58 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: The Authority has procured a Dependency and Recovery services for People on Probation due a significant proportion of
People on Probation having a dependency on legal and illegal substances and activities. The impact of this is wide-ranging both for the individual, their families and for society. Substance use disorders often cooccur alongside other mental illnesses. More than half of people with substance use disorders also have a mental illness. Frequently, each disorder amplifies the symptoms of the other. People on probation require a broad range of substance misuse and addiction related support for a range of complex needs.  These services will not duplicate existing clinical commissioned services but should enhance an individual's ability to access the clinical services and support them in this need area.  The service is for adult and young adult males.
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 Supplier shall deliver a Dependency and Recovery Service by working in partnership with other organisations to enhance user access and support. The Dependency and Recovery Services should not duplicate provision where Clinical Commissioned Services are already in place in the applicable Geographical Location (which shall include the provision of Community Sentence Treatment Requirements).  Dependency and Recovery Services can be delivered as part of a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement ("RAR") on a Community or Suspended Sentence Order, to those on Licence or Post Sentence Supervision and convicted.  Where applicable, Dependency and Recovery Services must support a Person on Probation’s transition in conjunction with prison substance misuse services from Young Offenders Institute ("YOI") or an adult male prison back into the community and focus on the place where they will reside (not the prison they are released from).
-	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.
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 through the Authority's esourcing portal.
In accordance with the Framework Agreement, the Supplier is entitled to sub-contract its obligations under this Call-Off Contract to Key Sub-contractors declared in the Invitation to Tender and Call Off Contract. The Parties agree that they will periodically update records of any Key Sub-contractors appointed by the Supplier with the consent of the Customer after the Call-Off Commencement Date.


Winner: Ingeus UK Limited
Award value: 1332375.58
Number of bids: 1