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title: "Prisoner Education Service Core Education Lot 10: West Midlands"
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# Prisoner Education Service Core Education Lot 10: West Midlands

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a272de25-4586-4cb2-91ff-7434c2af4601

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## Summary

The procurement process, led by the Ministry of Justice, concerns the Prisoner Education Service Core Education Lot 10: West Midlands. It falls under the industry category of services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals, classified by CPV code 75231200. The contract, valued at £80,000,000, has been awarded to the LTE Group (trading as Novus), and is set to commence on 1st September 2026, concluding on 30th September 2029, with possible extensions up to 2032. The procurement was conducted under the Open Procedure, in alignment with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, and concluded on 27th April 2026. The service aims to transform education within prisons and is focused on the West Midlands region in the United Kingdom.

This tender offers significant business development opportunities, particularly for VCSE organisations equipped to deliver educational services tailored to prisoners. The focus on improving numeracy and literacy, alongside vocational skills, makes it suitable for enterprises specialising in educational programmes, training services, and those who can provide innovative approaches to prisoner rehabilitation and employability enhancement. Businesses involved in digital education, screening, and assessments, or those offering library services, would find this highly relevant, as the contract requires a robust curriculum addressing independence and opportunity for prisoners, thereby supporting rehabilitation and reducing reoffending rates.

## Notice

This notice is for the award of Lot 10: West Midlands. 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. The contract end date, including all possible extensions, is 30/09/2032.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8389f845-f4c0-4c0b-b035-cae2143359ae |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2026 - 30 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £80,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £80,000,000 |
| 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 | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LTE GROUP (TRADING AS NOVUS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 27 Apr 2026 at 10:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8389f845-f4c0-4c0b-b035-cae2143359ae

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8389f845-f4c0-4c0b-b035-cae2143359ae
  27th April 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/dd6fe37a-49b4-4e2e-9216-bac4b7713dc0
  PES Core Education Lot 10 (West Midlands) Redacted Contract

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