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ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e"
title: "DEFERRED PROSECUTION SCHEME"
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# DEFERRED PROSECUTION SCHEME

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deferred-prosecution-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Merseyside Police - Procurement Department: "DEFERRED PROSECUTION SCHEME". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Feb 2021, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Merseyside Police - Procurement Department](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/merseyside-police-procurement-department-GB-FTS-66745)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 February 2021 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Provision of services to the community, Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £299,701 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deferred-prosecution-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deferred-prosecution-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D36416%26B%3DBLUELIGHT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/deferred-prosecution-scheme-ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e#participate

## Description
The Merseyside Police Deferred Prosecution Scheme is an initiative, it seeks to respond to the specific needs of young adults (18-24yrs) and recognise that maturity into adulthood is not a linear and universal process that is completed upon reaching ones eighteenth birthday.
Moreover it seeks to ensure maturity, health and wider offending factors are correctly assessed and identified by specialist key worker who can make informed recommendations as to the best outcome to support the individual away from crime (supported desistence) and improve their life chances.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75231200
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** The Merseyside Police Deferred Prosecution Scheme is an initiative, it seeks to respond to the specific needs of young adults (18-24yrs) and recognise that maturity into adulthood is not a linear and universal process that is completed upon reaching ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DEFERRED PROSECUTION SCHEME (active)
  - Award id: `007086-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **City Hearts UK**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-11372`
  - Value: £299,701 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DEFERRED PROSECUTION SCHEME (active)
  - Signed Value: £299,701
  - Signed Date: 23/03/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F007086-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-07T11:21:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:29:45.471Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028e2e