# Improving Defendant Engagement

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice\.](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: THE REVOLVING DOORS AGENCY
- Award value: £54,883
- Tender value: £41,667
- Award date: 19 March 2020
- Published: 23 March 2020
- Contract start: 23 March 2020
- Contract end: 1 May 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 23191715-930b-4644-82f7-0a715ded0f99-351232
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-083c34e7-5160-4815-b9ec-700541d5d0ce

## Description

Whilst researchers from HMCTS' Insight and User Research team can gain access and interview defendants in prisons, those on probation and at court, we recognise that understanding the experience of former defendants and those who have suspended sentences requires a specialist agency who have the skills and expertise in having access to recruiting and interviewing this cohort for this piece of research\. Therefore, any provider wishing to bid for this contract must have the ability to recruit such defendants with a variety of different needs\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/23191715-930b-4644-82f7-0a715ded0f99-351232)