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title: "Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 2: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Group and Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Group"
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# Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 2: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Group and Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk Group

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7ffc9018-d4b7-4c2d-b390-565fc3338f05

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice has completed the award stage of a public procurement process for the Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 2, covering Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk, as well as Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. This £97 million contract, under the industry category of services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals, aims to deliver educational services across the adult prison estate in the East of England. Conducted under the Open Procedure and adhering to the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the procurement method involved a selective call-off from a framework agreement. Key dates include the award date on 1 July 2025, with the contract period running from 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2032.

This contract presents opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services and rehabilitation, particularly those that can deliver a two-layered curriculum focusing on numeracy, literacy, digital skills, and additional learning needs. However, the contract is not marked as suitable for SMEs or voluntary, community, and social enterprises. The selected supplier, PeoplePlus Group Ltd, a large-scale organisation, will play a pivotal role in enhancing prisoner rehabilitation outcomes, offering significant long-term growth opportunities for similar-sized businesses with the capability to deliver high-quality, consistent education services. The initiative is part of a strategic push to improve prisoner skills and employment prospects, thereby reducing reoffending rates and boosting public protection.

## Notice

This notice is for the award of Lot 2: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Group and Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk 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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f5bcf24-1ad7-40e7-9fd9-e4e15a5527a2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 13 Nov 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £97,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £97,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PEOPLEPLUS GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

- 75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals

## Release History

- 29 Jul 2025 at 15:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f5bcf24-1ad7-40e7-9fd9-e4e15a5527a2

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f5bcf24-1ad7-40e7-9fd9-e4e15a5527a2
  29th July 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6c8d0068-fe4b-4220-a844-b3f199565d37
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- https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/go/1135356601985664BA7B
  Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 2 Redacted Contract

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