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Con_26410 Lot 1 Lived Experience Engagement Service (Southwest Probation Region)
Authority: Ministry of Justice
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award Notice details the award of a call-off competition conducted by the Authority through the Ministry of Justice's Probation Service Dynamic Framework (PSDF).
The Probation Service sought to commission a service to deliver a structured lived experience engagement programme. The service will provide people on probation and in prison with meaningful and consistent opportunities to influence the design and delivery of services, ensuring that their views, experiences and insights are heard, considered and acted upon to support continuous service improvement.
The service will be delivered across the South West region, covering the Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol and South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, Somerset, and Swindon and Wiltshire Probation Delivery Units (PDUs).
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_527137/1601997
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- South West, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision11 Aug 2026
- Notice published1 Sept 2026
- Contract starts1 Nov 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Ministry of JusticeContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Prison Advice & Care Trust (pact)Supplier
- Identifier
- 00356443 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-67dc435b-df42-4d84-af0b-4ac3a4649cd4-2026-09-01T16:09:27+01:00
- Published
- 1 Sept 2026
- Latest update
- 1 Sept 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-67dc435b-df42-4d84-af0b-4ac3a4649cd4
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-67dc435b-df42-4d84-af0b-4ac3a4649cd4-1