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PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

con_26721 - Finances, Benefits and Debt (FBD) in West Midlands Custody

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

Ministry of Justice · published 2 Nov 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Open official source ↗More from this buyerWest Midlands report
Contracts Finder release ID9a54f8de-e0e9-4d23-9be1-1f6b4d683c24-920237
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-7dba09e7-9f1f-455e-8538-731c779bd589
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-183111
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£45,000
award field
Tender value
£45,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
75231240
Probation services
Delivery
West Midlands, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The service will provide a delivery partner for the West Midlands Probation Service (WMPS). The partner will provide specialist financial advice and debt support services for people in prison. The service will support individuals experiencing financial difficulties, with the aim of reducing financial pressures on release and contributing to improved resettlement outcomes and reduced reoffending.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published1 Dec 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published19 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published1 Dec 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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