Official UK procurement notice
Direct / Indirect Community Reparation & Unpaid Work Service
Authority: Blackburn with Darwen (Public body)
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure a Direct/Indirect Community Reparation and Unpaid Work Service. Children and Young People (CYP) who offend and made subject to an out of court or court disposal are systematically assessed, helped and directed to change their behaviour and encouraged to make amends to the victims of their crimes.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlackburn with Darwen Borough Council is looking to procure a Direct/Indirect Community Reparation and Unpaid Work Service.
Children and Young People (CYP) who offend and made subject to an out of court or court disposal are systematically assessed, helped and directed to change their behaviour and encouraged to make amends to the victims of their crimes. One of the ways in which CYP can make amends is to carry out reparation either directly to the victim or, when this is not possible or practical, to the community as a whole.
The aim of the Service is to offer CYP an opportunity to participate in restorative activity following the commission of an offence directly to their victim or to the wider community. The primary objectives of the Service will be to:
- Enable young people to make amends to victims and/or their community.
- Promote and model pro-social behaviours to support young people to avoid reoffending and integrate into the community.
- Ensure that young people do not pose a risk to the public or themselves whilst participating in reparation/unpaid work sessions.
- Enable young people to access effective programmes linking in with learning outcomes to improve their education, training and employment opportunities.
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CPV: Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals · Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£250,000
- Condition of participation
The Provider must demonstrate its ability to deliver the Service throughout the geographical area of Blackburn with Darwen. The Provider shall ensure that appropriate facilities, staffing, and resources are in place to deliver both direct and indirect Community Reparation and Unpaid Work activities across the borough, enabling Children and Young People to access placements and interventions within required timescales.
Further details of the Service requirements are set out within the Service Specification contained in the Invitation to Tender documentation available via The Chest procurement portal.
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Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: Quality - 75% of total evaluation score
- Social Value: Social Value = 15% of total evaluation score
- Price: Price = 10% of total evaluation score
- Condition of participation
The Provider must demonstrate its ability to deliver the Service throughout the geographical area of Blackburn with Darwen. The Provider shall ensure that appropriate facilities, staffing, and resources are in place to deliver both direct and indirect Community Reparation and Unpaid Work activities across the borough, enabling Children and Young People to access placements and interventions within required timescales.
Further details of the Service requirements are set out within the Service Specification contained in the Invitation to Tender documentation available via The Chest procurement portal.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £166,515 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Blackburn with Darwen buys Justice services (CPV 7523), and who usually turns up
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1 bid10% / 25%
2–345% / 56%
4–616% / 6%
7+29% / 13%
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Below estimate37% / 17%
Within ±2%49% / 83%
Above estimate14% / 0%
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Lot #1CPV 7523Published estimate£250k
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1 bid12%
2–352%
4–612%
7+24%
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Middle 50%£250k
Estimate£250k
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £689m35 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 9 live · £270m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=16 | |
Ingeus UK LimitedLarge | £81m16 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £1.9bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 |
Ingeus UK LimitedLarge | £81m16 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £1.9bn iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=9 |
VICTIM SUPPORTLarge | £82m28 awards in 36m · last 1 month ago | 12 live · £21m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=17 |
| £5.8m12 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 5 live · £1.2m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 |
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Nov 2026, 17:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Nov 2026, 17:02 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-107762- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07bb10Find a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via ProContract (Due North)- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
The Chest - North West procurement portal
Timeline
12 Nov 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice publishedjust passed12 Nov 2026, 17:02 GMT
- Today12 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 13 days26 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 31 days14 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 139 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published12 Nov 2026, 17:02 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender