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title: "DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central"
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# DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/df-circles-of-support-and-accountability-for-south-central-ocds-h6vhtk-03c761). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Probation services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ1, UKJ11, UKJ12, UKJ13, UKJ14, UKJ3, UKJ32, UKJ37
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £501,750 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c761`

## 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/df-circles-of-support-and-accountability-for-south-central-ocds-h6vhtk-03c761#tl-md)

## Description
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 provide specialist support to people on probation convicted of sexual or sexually motivated offences, improving their emotional well-being by strengthening relationships and community ties.  Circles of Support and Accountability is a model for reintegrating high risk people convicted of sexual offences back into the community. Social isolation is a risk factor for sexual offending and the CoSA model seeks to strengthen reintegration and help people develop social networks whilst holding them accountable for their behaviour in the future.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 7: DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75231240
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** Managing people convicted of sexual offences is a key priority for the Probation Service. Sexual offending causes significant harm to victims and it is essential that we are able to use the most appropriate and effective measures available to manage ...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central (active)
  - Award id: `013211-2023-con_22329-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Circles South East**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-163173`
  - Value: £501,750 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** DF Circles of Support and Accountability for South Central (active)
  - Signed Value: £501,750
  - Signed Date: 27/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013211-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-09T17:36:48.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T17:54:11.921Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c761