# Research Project into Ongoing Criminality in Prisons

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Staffordshire Police](/buyers/staffordshire-police/contract-awards)
- Published: 9 March 2018
- Planned start: 1 May 2018
- Planned end: 31 July 2018
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 34b78b7d-5283-4d5f-bfe7-3e0d1f688a58-204475
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6919a0dd-58ae-4860-9f1b-3ca1a5e827a2

## Description

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Staffordshire wishes to commission a suitably qualified provider to complete a piece of work to: a\) understand the scope and scale of continuing criminality in the prison estate across the four Police and Crime Commissioner areas in the West Midlands region \(Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Mercia and West Midlands\); b\) understand the current threat from criminality in prisons, and; c\) understand the harm caused by those in prison to our local communities\. The research project should provide the evidence and support solutions to countering organised crime in prisons and make recommendations on what stakeholders and Government could do to prevent criminality in prisons\.

## Related contract awards

- [Provision of Contingent labour - Master vendor solution](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-55ceac69-e577-496c-9f56-c6412bbd7274): Staffordshire Police
- [5754 - Provision of a Housing Support Service for Offenders - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-cfdcf29d-3542-4579-832b-aa9af3c7361e): Staffordshire Police
- [Provision of Website Hosting & Maintenance SCO & SPACE](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8717f025-7fa8-44ac-9e72-4065fc572336): Staffordshire Police

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/34b78b7d-5283-4d5f-bfe7-3e0d1f688a58-204475)