Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bee-85a4-7156-87be-53af3bcdb3de/trialling-interventions-to-increase-early-guilty-pleas awarded GB open procedure # Trialling Interventions to Increase Early Guilty Pleas [Ministry Of Justice](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-justice) Estimated value £40,000 to £50,000 Published 18 Nov 2016 Deadline Closed 19 Oct 2015 ## Who can bid - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. ## About this tender In June 2015 the Behavioural insight Team (BIT) conducted small-scale exploratory research on behalf of MoJ to identify opportunities to intervene to encourage defendants to enter earlier guilty pleas. BIT concluded the most promising, feasible and cost-effective behavioural intervention was through providing defendants with salient messages on the Early Guilty Plea discount , with a possible addition of likely sentences with and without the discount. BIT also recommended that further analysis of available data would be required to allow such an intervention to be suitably targeted and to inform the trial design. This requirement is for the Behavioural Insight Team to work in partnership with the Ministry of Justice to take this exploratory work forward. The work will explore the feasibility of undertaking a trial to increase the number of defendants pleading guilty at the earliest opportunity. Subject to the conclusions of the feasibility stage the project may proceed to carrying out a full trial. ## CPV classification Research and development services and related consultancy services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/1655545f-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Ministry Of Justice: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/ministry-of-justice) [Sector More Research & development tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/research-development) ## More tenders like this [NCC1999 NE Rural Growth Programme Evaluation · Northumberland County Council · 22 days left · 10 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-464d-73d3-9c3e-e81aa703d9f0/ncc1999-ne-rural-growth-programme-evaluation) [Nature recovery and intangible cultural heritage · Natural England · 25 days left · 12 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4787-7110-ab3a-3a405c46164b/nature-recovery-and-intangible-cultural-heritage) [Local Government Data Sharing Playbook: Multi-Agency Sharing in Children’s Social Care · Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA) · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a154e4-4947-728c-ad83-59c066944fda/local-government-data-sharing-playbook-multi-agency-sharing-in-childrens-socia) [Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector · Tewkesbury Borough Council · 28 days left · 16 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15476-6446-722b-9ec6-44e39018b2f6/specialist-adviceadvisor-service-for-gloucestershires-advanced-engineering-and) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Forschungsprojekt - DZSF - Mobilitätskettenanalyse - Wie Verkehrsdaten den ländlichen Schienenverkehr stärken können · Eisenbahn-Bundesamt · 100 days left · 27 Jan 2027](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2140-73b5-8807-5ad43f7122d9/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-f) [Research and development services and related consultancy services – Begleitforschung Städtebauförderung - Wissenstransfer: Anwendungsleitfaden des Bundes zur Praxis Städtebauförderung · Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR) · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-4375-730a-9135-c6d6d211cb68/germany-research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services-b)