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Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 6: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Group

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    29th July 2025 15:53:25 PM

  • Contract Summary

    This notice is for the award of Lot 6: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Group The Prisoner Education Services (PES) is a UK government initiative with three overarching strategic priorities; improving prisoner numeracy and literacy skills, incentivizing prisoners to improve their qualifications and skills to increase their prospects of finding work on release, and ensuring that Governors and their teams have the knowledge, tools, support and accountabilities that they need to make this work. PES seeks to transform learning in jails as part of a renewed push to skill up offenders and protect the public. PES Core Education will include teaching and delivery of a two-layered curriculum for independence and for opportunity which meets the needs of prisoners, as well as high quality, timely screening and assessment delivery and tailored and impactful additional learning needs support. The Ministry of Justice launched the PES Panel to reform how education is delivered across the adult prison estate in England. The first call-offs under this framework focused on Core Education Services, including teaching and delivery of a two-layered curriculum for independence (essential subjects such as English, Maths, digital skills) and curriculum for opportunity, which meets the needs of prisoners. The Core Education contracts also include high quality, timely screening and assessment delivery; tailored and impactful additional learning needs support; and (where applicable) prison library services. The contracts are split into 11 regional lots and aim to provide a consistent, high-quality education offer that supports rehabilitation, reduces reoffending, and improves employability and resettlement outcomes for prisoners. The procurement was conducted under the Open Procedure in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-b5fd17-de5d4a28-bc5d-45f1-b7ff-30dabc5cdfa3

    Publication Source

    Contracts Finder

    Procurement Stage

    Award

    Procurement Method

    Selective

    Procurement Method Details

    Call-off From A Framework Agreement

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

    Framework

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    75231200

    CPV Division(s)

    75 - Administration, defence and social security services

  • Awarding Authority

    MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

    Buyer Name

    Buyer Email

    Commercial-prisoneducationservice@justice.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    Buyer Address

    102 Petty France

    London

    SW1H 9AJ

    England

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    LTE GROUP (TRADING AS NOVUS)

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