--- title: "HMPPS Common Awarding Organisations" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE" published: "2024-04-09" --- # HMPPS Common Awarding Organisations Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-2d8ddb22-9b05-4ad0-8177-b6661727ce1e.json) ## Summary The Ministry of Justice is procuring Common Awarding Organisations to deliver qualifications across various subjects within the Prisoner Education Service. This procurement aims to appoint Ofqual registered suppliers for Mathematics, English, Catering and Hospitality, Textiles, and Engineering curriculum areas. The procurement method is the Light Touch Regime, with a contract period starting on April 1, 2025, and a total value of £2,640,000. The deadline for tender submission is May 29, 2024. This tender presents an opportunity for education and training service providers to engage with HMPPS in delivering qualifications to enhance prisoner education and rehabilitation efforts. Businesses qualified to deliver education services in the specified subject areas are well-suited to compete. The procurement stage is currently in the tender phase, allowing interested suppliers to participate through the Jaggaer electronic eSourcing Portal. ## Notice Across the prison estate, HMPPS and Education Providers (procured by HMPPS) deliver qualifications as part of education, skills, and work provision. The aim is to ensure that prisoners can develop key knowledge, skills, and behaviours through the delivery of qualifications that are recognised by industry experts and the wider community, enabling them to progress towards meaningful outcomes on release, with the long-term aim of reducing reoffending. In 2016, Dame Sally Coates undertook a review of Prison Education and recommended mandating the use of single Awarding Organisations to deliver services in key subject areas to drive consistency of learning and ensure that prisoners can continue qualifications if they transfer establishments. The Government committed to this in the Prison Safety and Reform White Paper in 2016. In 2019, the Prisoner Education Framework (PEF) was introduced to deliver core education services across the prison estate. Common Awarding Bodies were procured to support Prisoner Education Framework providers. In 2021, the Prisons Strategy White Paper was published, this set out the vision for a modern prison estate to create the right conditions to support rehabilitation. A key component in the paper was the commitment to a new Prisoner Education Service (PES) which will: - improve literacy and numeracy outcomes - incentivise obtaining qualifications - increase prospects of work or further education upon release Prisoner Education Service contracts will commence in April 2025. To ensure consistency in learning, HMPPS will be mandated to use Ofqual Registered Common Awarding Organisations for the following curriculum areas: 1) Mathematics 2) English 3) Catering and Hospitality 4) Textiles 5) Engineering This procurement is to appoint an Ofqual registered supplier for each of the above curriculum areas. This procurement is run under the Light Touch Regime. The Authority is using the Jaggaer electronic eSourcing Portal (formerly Bravo) for the procurement. The ITT, which is comprised of a number of volumes, is available only in electronic format via the Portal. Bidders must register the names of all contacts requiring access to the sourcing event and should submit queries via the Portal https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html Additional information: Award of contract: The Authority is not committed to any course of action as a result of this Contract Notice. It is not liable for any costs incurred in respect of expressing an interest or in tendering for this opportunity. The Authority reserves the right to abandon, rewind, pause or terminate the procurement and not to award one or more contract(s) at its own discretion. Nothing in this Contract Notice shall generate any contractual obligations prior to the signature of a Contract Important notice: This Contract Notice must be read in full together with the procurement documents being released for this procurement. Bidders are reminded that participation in this procurement will be subject to the conditions of participation set out in the procurement documents and the eSourcing Portal. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3edaf5b-4041-4dcc-8248-3bd1de94a8ec | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 9 Apr 2024 | | Submission deadline | 29 May 2024 | | Future notice date | 2 Apr 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,640,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1H 9AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 9 Apr 2024 at 15:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3edaf5b-4041-4dcc-8248-3bd1de94a8ec - 20 Feb 2024 at 16:51 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad8a0a99-3ebd-4790-9547-00ea09e3d67c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f3edaf5b-4041-4dcc-8248-3bd1de94a8ec 9th April 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ad8a0a99-3ebd-4790-9547-00ea09e3d67c 20th February 2024 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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