Award, Contract

Provision of services in prisons

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    20th December 2024 17:52:38 PM

  • Contract Summary

    Careers Information Advice and Guidance (CIAG) services. HMPPS is committed to delivering a new and transformed Prisoner Education Service (PES) that increases the focus on Education, Skills and Work (ESW) within prisons and supports prisoners to improve their prospects for work on release. The PES Programme will focus on the following three overarching strategic priorities: • improving the numeracy and literacy of all prisoners who need it; • incentivising 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 lead this work. The provision of an impartial and high-quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) Service is fundamental to achieving our vision and our aims. The vision of PES is that everyone of working age and able to work should leave prison prepared for employment or further education and training. The new CIAG Service will contribute to reducing reoffending by supporting prisoners from induction to release identifying career aspirations, setting education, skills and work-related goals, and supporting prisoners to achieve their aspirations upon release. The new CIAG contracts offer prisoners a high quality and impartial CIAG Service. The new CIAG contracts shall replace the current CIAG services commissioned via the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS). The CIAG Service is being procured separately to Core Education Provision This procurement will cover the provision of CIAG services in all prisons managed by HMPPS in England, with the exception of four prisons managed by private operators in England The procurement comprised eleven regional lots. Service delivery under the Contracts will commence on the 1st April 2025.

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-03dc6c

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Award, Contract

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

    DPS

  • Contract Classification

    CPV Code(s)

    75231200

    CPV Division(s)

    75 - Administration, defence and social security services

  • Awarding Authority

    MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

    Buyer Name

    Jenny Jackson

    Buyer Email

    ccmd-prisoneducationservice-programme@justice.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 02033343555

    Buyer Address

    102 Petty France

    London

    SW1H 9AJ

    United Kingdom

  • Awarded Supplier(s)

    Supplier Name(s)

    CAREER CONNECT
    GET SKILLS EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING LTD
    INGEUS UK LTD
    SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED
    THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED


Tender

Procurement for the Provision of Prisoner Education Services (Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG))

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    25th October 2023 07:06:02 AM

    Tender Deadline

    19th December 2023 11:00:00 AM   Expired

  • Contract Summary

    HMPPS is committed to delivering a new and transformed Prisoner Education Service (PES) that increases the focus on Education, Skills and Work (ESW) within prisons and supports prisoners to improve their prospects for work on release. The PES Programme will focus on the following three overarching strategic priorities: • improving the numeracy and literacy of all prisoners who need it; • incentivising 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 lead this work. The provision of an impartial and high-quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) Service is fundamental to achieving our vision and our aims. The vision of PES is that everyone of working age and able to work should leave prison prepared for employment or further education and training. The new CIAG Service will contribute to reducing reoffending by supporting prisoners from induction to release identifying career aspirations, setting education, skills and work-related goals, and supporting prisoners to achieve their aspirations upon release. We are seeking to procure new CIAG contracts that can offer prisoners a high quality and impartial CIAG Service. The new CIAG contracts shall replace the current CIAG services commissioned via the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS). The CIAG Service is being procured separately to Core Education Provision (currently being procured https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027125-2023). Suppliers can bid for both Core Education and CIAG services. This procurement will cover the provision of CIAG services in all prisons managed by HMPPS in England, with the exception of two, and four prisons managed by private operators in England. This requirement has been classified as being subject to the Light Touch Regime under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. The procurement shall be a single stage procurement with a single submission requirement in response to an Invitation to Tender (ITT). The procurement shall comprise of eleven regional lots. The contracts will commence on the 1st April 2025. The duration of the contracts shall be for an initial four (4) years with options to extend the term of this Contract beyond the end of the Initial Term or beyond the end of any additional period (as applicable) for a minimum of one (1) year and provided the maximum aggregate additional period shall not exceed three (3) years. Total 7-year value £72,360,000.00 The Authority is using the Jaggaer electronic eSourcing Portal (formerly Bravo) for the procurement. The ITT, which is comprised of three volumes and supporting documentation, is available only in electronic format via the Portal. Bidders must register the names of all contacts requiring access to the sourcing event and must submit queries via the Portal. https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-03dc6c

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Tender

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open Procedure

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

    DPS

  • 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

    ccmd-prisoneducationservice-programme@justice.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 02033343555

    Buyer Address

    102 Petty France

    London

    SW1H 9AJ

    United Kingdom


Planning

Market Engagement - HMPPS Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG)

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

  • Contract Timeline

    Publication Date

    26th June 2023 10:39:53 AM

  • Contract Summary

    His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is establishing the Government's vision to deliver an impartial and high-quality Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG) Service that will support prisoners to engage with the right learning, development and employment pathways in prison to achieve their aspirations upon release. We will therefore be seeking to procure new contracts to deliver CIAG services in HMPPS adult prisons across England (including several privately managed prisons). Our vision is that everyone of working age and able to work should leave prison prepared for employment or further education and training. The new CIAG service will support prisoners from induction to release to identify career aspirations, set education, skills and work-related goals, and support prisoners towards outcomes on release. This will ultimately contribute to reducing reoffending. To achieve this vision, we are seeking to procure new CIAG contracts by engaging with a diverse range of suppliers that can offer prisoners a high quality and impartial CIAG service. It should be noted that the new Careers Information, Advice and Guidance contracts shall replace the current CIAG services commissioned via the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS). In issuing this Prior Information Notice, the MoJ is seeking to inform the market of this planned procurement. The MoJ intends to hold a market engagement event on 19th July 2023 from 10am to 11am via MS Teams webinar. To register your interest for the event, please register on Jaggaer as follows: 1) Creating an account or logging into the MoJ eSourcing portal at: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk 2) Within the portal users can navigate using the left side menu, selecting 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers' or 'My PQQ's' if already registered and then selecting 'PQQ_355 - Engagement Opportunity: HMPPS Careers Information, Advice and Guidance (CIAG)'. 3) Users can express an interest by clicking 'Express interest'. The attachments area of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) contains an invitation registration to the Market Engagement Launch Event. The closing date to register is 18/07/2023 For the avoidance of doubt, there is no requirement to complete and submit a questionnaire, or any other information. The only requirement at this stage is to register your interest (if you are interested) following steps 1 to 3 above. This notice relates to an engagement opportunity and is not a call for competition or an invitation to take part in a pre-qualification process. Enquiries relating to the exercise should be directed to CCMD-PrisonEducationService-Programme@Justice.gov.uk. For technical assistance with the MoJ eSourcing Portal please contact the central support team using the details provided on the portal homepage

  • Contract Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-03dc6c

    Publication Source

    Find a Tender Service

    Procurement Stage

    Planning

    Procurement Method

    N/A

    Procurement Method Details

    N/A

    Procurement Category

    Services

    Tender Suitability

    Framework / DPS

    DPS

  • 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

    CCMD-PrisonEducationService-Programme@justice.gov.uk

    Buyer Phone

    +44 02033343555

    Buyer Address

    102 Petty France

    London

    SW1H 9AJ

    United Kingdom