--- title: "HMPPS Higher Education" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE" published: "2024-01-29" --- # HMPPS Higher Education Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-ae2ff108-0fee-4334-95f6-b87b7222b2dd.json) ## Summary The Ministry of Justice is initiating a tender process titled "HMPPS Higher Education" in the industry category of imprisonment services. This initiative aims to provide higher education support to prisoners with less than 6 years remaining until release, enhancing employment prospects and reducing reoffending. The tender planning stage includes milestones such as an engagement end date of February 8, 2024, and a market engagement event scheduled for February 8. This opportunity, suitable for small and voluntary sector enterprises, involves promoting higher education within prisons, facilitating access to courses, and ensuring learner support. Businesses interested in enhancing prisoner educational opportunities and societal reintegration through higher education delivery, both digitally and in-person, should consider participating in this Ministry of Justice procurement process. ## Notice By 1st April 2025, His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) requires a provision with a third-party delivery partner to support access to higher education for those who have 6 years or less remaining until their release. This will involve: - Promoting higher education within prisons - Signposting learners towards the types of higher education courses available - Supporting applications to the courses and student finance - Ensuring learners can access the required course material, either in digital format or on paper printouts where no access to IT is available - Enabling tutor contact remotely via telephone and digital channels. In person delivery may also be required. - Facilitate non-digital assessments where necessary Higher Education provision is currently offered to learners serving their sentence within prisons, in secure hospitals, and on release in the community under licence. Engaging in Higher Education has been found to improve a prisoner's chance of securing employment upon release and reduce reoffending. Higher Education study has been shown to improve prisoner's mental wellbeing, helping prisoners to look positively towards the future and reintegration into society. If you are interested in providing this service across England and Wales, please complete the below questionnaire. https://forms.office.com/e/R9WJdbf6m6 A virtual market engagement will be held on 8th February. An invite will be sent to the email address which was used to respond to the above request for information. In addition, MoJ may invite one or more provider which confirms their interest to participate in one-to-one market engagement sessions. Depending on the level of confirmed interest, it may not be possible to hold such sessions with every provider. In that eventuality, such sessions would be held with a representative sample of providers. MoJ will consider all feedback during market engagement and any subsequent amendments to its procurement strategy will be entirely at its discretion. This is not a call for competition. It does not commit MoJ to commencing a procurement process and is intended for market engagement purposes only. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6224c79-3036-432e-bb66-230586ac09db | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 8 Feb 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M4 4AH | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Piccadilly | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services ### Codes - 75231210 - Imprisonment services - 75231230 - Prison services ## Release History - 29 Jan 2024 at 15:11 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6224c79-3036-432e-bb66-230586ac09db - 12 Jan 2024 at 15:53 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/60d400fd-eeb9-4c01-9861-a2286da8307b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6224c79-3036-432e-bb66-230586ac09db 29th January 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/60d400fd-eeb9-4c01-9861-a2286da8307b 12th January 2024 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://forms.office.com/e/R9WJdbf6m6 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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