Community Justice Learning (Formerly Probation Qualification)

Tender description

Lot Lot 2: MoJ conducted a competitive process commencing with the publication of a contract notice on contracts finder (16 October 2015) with reference 4601-1-Professional Services-N-RFP. The procurement was for six lots as follows: Lot 1: London, Lot 2: Midlands, Lot 3: North East, Lot 4: North West, Lot 5: South East/Eastern, Lot 6: South West, Central and Wales. On 8 April 2016 a contract for the CJL Qualification was entered into with each successful bidder as follows: • Sheffield Hallam University (for Lots 3 and 4); • Portsmouth University (for Lots 1, 5 and 6); • De Montford University (The Gateway Leicester) (for Lot 2) (each a ‘Contract‘ and together the ‘Contracts’). The scope of services under the contracts is the delivery and accreditation of a Probation Officer (PO) training programme and other related elements of a CJL qualifications matrix to a number of cohorts of learners. CJL comprises a flexible, adaptable matrix of qualifications for staff working at a variety of levels of responsibility across the community justice sector. The services include the development of course materials which meet the Ministry of Justice (‘MoJ’) aims and objectives set out in the regulatory framework. The contracts were for a 4-year initial term with an option to extend for a further 2 years. MoJ exercised its right to extend each of the Contracts by two years; accordingly the Contracts were due to expire on 7 April 2022. The contract notice and the contract award notice (‘CAN’) included a value range for the contracts. The upper GBP (£) figure of GBP 13 000 000 quoted within the original contract notice and CAN on contracts finder was the maximum anticipated, total, real cumulative value of the contracts for the full 4 + 2-year duration.