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Probation services contracts

UK public sector · 54 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
54
Last 12 months
Median contract
£85k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£27.0m
51 of 53 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
19
Suppliers
45

BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned

What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most probation services contracts took 26% of them (14 of 54).
  • The median contract, £85k, is 70% below the median across social care contracts (£281k).
  • London had the most contracts: 13, or 24% of the total.

Who buys probation services

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Ministry of Justice27 contracts
  2. 2Greater Manchester Combined Authority6 contracts
  3. 3Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales2 contracts
  4. 4York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority2 contracts
  5. 5Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust2 contracts
  6. 6Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside2 contracts
  7. 7Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council1 contract
  8. 8West Midlands Police1 contract
  9. 9Wiltshire Police1 contract
  10. 10London Borough of Brent1 contract

Top probation services contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Red Snapper Group4 contracts
  2. 2Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact)4 contracts
  3. 3G4S2 contracts
  4. 4The Big Life Group2 contracts
  5. 5COMMUNITY LED INITIATIVES C.I.C.2 contracts
  6. 6G4S Community (G4S Care and Justice)2 contracts
  7. 7Ingeus2 contracts
  8. 8Change Grow Live2 contracts
  9. 9Greater Manchester Women's Support Alliance1 contract
  10. 10St Giles Trust1 contract

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

7Q4 2025*10Q1 202615Q2 202622Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 47 · Wales 6 · Scotland 1

London13North West6Yorkshire and The Humber5East Midlands4Wales4North East3South West3West Midlands2South East2Scotland1UK-wide or not stated11

What is included

Commissioned rehabilitative, diversion and resettlement services for people on probation, in prison or at risk of offending: dependency and recovery support, mentoring, through-the-gate support, behaviour change interventions, wellbeing support and gender-specific services for women in the justice system, often through women's centres.

  • Commissioned rehabilitative services for people on probation
  • Dependency and recovery support for people on probation
  • Substance-use assessment and diversion in custody and courts
  • Diversion outreach and through-the-gate support
  • Remand support and mentoring
  • Violence reduction interventions for prisoners
  • Brain injury and health trainer support for people on probation
  • Rehabilitative activities for people on community orders
  • Lived experience engagement for people on probation
  • Support for women on probation with complex needs
  • Women's centres for women in contact with the justice system

What is not included

  • Accommodation for people on probation (soc.house.probation-and-prison-leaver-accommodation)
  • Domestic abuse perpetrator programmes (soc.abuse.perpetrator-programmes)
  • General domestic abuse support for women (soc.abuse.community-outreach-and-idva)
  • Restorative justice (soc.abuse.restorative-justice)
  • Youth justice interventions (soc.family.youth-justice-interventions)
  • Drug and alcohol treatment (another industry: healthcare)
  • Prisons and custody (sec.custody.contracted-prison-operation)
  • Electronic monitoring (it.lob.offender-electronic-monitoring)

Often bought by the same buyers