Notice Information
Notice Title
Prisoner Screening and Assessment Tools and Associated Services
Notice Description
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has a legal requirement to secure the provision of education and training for prisoners and recognises that Education, Skills, and Work (ESW) play a significant role in reducing reoffending. A 2017 MoJ report shows that prisoners who participated in any form of learning activity were 9 percentage points less likely to reoffend compared to non-learners and 1.8 percentage points more likely to be in employment after release. MoJ is committed to delivering a transformed 'Prisoner Education Service' (PES) focused on work-based training and skills'. The Prisoner Education Service (PES) is developing an innovative, integrated digital ecosystem that brings together a holistic prisoner view that informs planning, delivery and accountability. Effective Screening and Assessment (S&A) is at the core of this, ensuring that prisoner's learner needs are identified when engaging with education, and inform their learner journey throughout their time in custody. This system should enable HMPPS to drive up standards and outcomes across the estate, both in custody and in the community. To enable and support HMPPS ambition and realise the strategic decision for national education screening, we are procuring digital S&A tools for the Prison Education Service contracts. The scope of this procurement includes screening tools for English, Mathematics, Digital Skills, Reading, and Additional Learning Needs (ALN). Due to the importance of having a 'human element' in assessing reading ability, certain elements of the reading tool are not required to be digital. We are expecting to procure three Tools, one for each of the following Lots: Lot 1: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills Lot 2: Reading Lot 3: Additional Learning Needs The Tools must be compliant with Government Digital Standard (GDS) in the design, testing and deployment in time for Service Commencement and must be capable of integrating with other services and sharing data using open standards. The vision for the S&A Tools contracts is to: - Implement high-quality, accessible tools that accurately identify prisoner ability levels and indicate potential needs. - Enable collaboration with the Authority and PES providers to ensure continuous improvement so that the S&A tools enable quality S&A delivery. - Enable data reporting integration of the S&A tools into the Authority systems. - Provide for the first time national consistent S&A tools across the PES estate to reduce duplication and improve data flow across the estate. - Deliver the ambition for digital by default screening with contingencies to allow continued S&A delivery when access to digital tool/s is impacted. - Ensure high quality S&A tool provider led training and ongoing support to PES core-education staff on the use of provider screening tools. - Drive quality via performance measured key performance indicators. Additional information: The purpose of this engagement is to secure wider market involvement in the testing and development of our procurement structure, including the specification and contract. Topics we would like to hear suppliers' view on may include but are not limited to: - Specification Optimisation - Contract Terms Proportionality - Removing Barriers to SMEs - Lot Structure - IPR - Costs - Pay Mech - Insurance Levels - Digital Requirements As part of this PIN we have included a pre-recorded presentation and PowerPoint slides from the Screening and Assessment Team, which goes through the current Screening and Assessment situation in prisons, our future view, and the areas we would particularly like to seek your feedback on. Feedback on other areas will also be welcomed. We have included a Survey to seek out your views and to ask if you would be willing to speak with us further on this topic. The survey will be open from 22nd May - 4th June. If you agree to speak with us, we will be holding meetings on a first come first serve basis between 28th May - 4th June. We then intend to review our approach based on the information provided from the market before coming back to you on the 17th June - 27th June. Please note, we will not be sending out an additional PIN for this.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e8f710d9-ca97-4bf0-9ce9-d8c1250c6eeb
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b1c6faac-1524-47a5-b07a-63db1534f521
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Market Engagement Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Not specified
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
80 - Education and training services
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- CPV Codes
48190000 - Educational software package
72212190 - Educational software development services
72212210 - Networking software development services
72212311 - Document management software development services
72212517 - IT software development services
72250000 - System and support services
72253000 - Helpdesk and support services
72260000 - Software-related services
72261000 - Software support services
72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services
72310000 - Data-processing services
75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
75231230 - Prison services
80000000 - Education and training services
80400000 - Adult and other education services
80533000 - Computer-user familiarisation and training services
80533100 - Computer training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Jun 2024Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planning
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- pes-screeningandassessment@justice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 9AJ
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b1c6faac-1524-47a5-b07a-63db1534f521
22nd May 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://we.tl/PzuLZ5VFOC
This link leads to a pre-recorded presentation. We strongly recommend viewing this presentation if you are interested in this opportunity. -
https://forms.office.com/e/0qsUebBnuH
This link leads to a survey to seek your views on how we should structure elements of this procurement. This is also how you submit an interest in taking part in 1-2-1s.
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