--- title: "Update to the Prisoner Communication Stratey Notice" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-036651" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-036651" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-036651.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-036651.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE" published: "2023-02-10" --- # Update to the Prisoner Communication Stratey Notice Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-036651 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-036651) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-036651.json) ## Summary The Ministry of Justice has issued a tender titled "Update to the Prisoner Communication Strategy Notice" in the services category under telecommunications services. The purpose of this tender is to update the original Prisoner Communication Strategy Notice. The buying organisation, Ministry of Justice, located in London, United Kingdom, will be holding a market engagement event on 28th February 2023. Suppliers who have previously expressed interest do not need to re-register for the event. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the telecommunications sector to participate in delivering future prisoner communication services. The Ministry of Justice aims to modernize prisoner communications with a focus on user needs. Businesses offering telecommunications services, particularly in the areas of mobile-telephone services, short message service, and pay phone provider services, would be well-suited to compete for this tender. The procurement stage is currently at the planning phase, with the tender aiming to improve prisoner rehabilitation through enhanced digital tools and technologies. ## Notice The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to update to the original Prisoner Communication Strategy Notice Published on 6 September 2022. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The current prisoner communications service involves use of what are widely referred to as PIN phones - specially designed pay-phone devices, which are operated with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) linked to a specified prisoner's account (instead of cash or a phonecard). A prisoner can only make calls to limited nominated numbers which are pre-vetted. This includes family, friends and legal representatives. Calls are recorded with the exception of calls to legal representatives. The current service does not allow incoming calls from outside the prison. This service is currently provided to approximately 81k prisoners, across 110 public prisons in England and Wales. The service is vital to the peaceful and successful running of prisons. It enables prisoners to maintain contact with key people such as friends, family and support services. There have been recent developments in the provision of communication technology and services to those in prison over the last few years, especially in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. These have included rolling out a secure social video calling service to every prison in England and Wales, which enables prisoners to have a video call with their family or friends. As stated in II.1.4 above, MoJ is in the process of defining its future strategy for prisoner communications, before securing internal, Cabinet Office and Treasury approvals to go to market to procure a modernised prisoner communication service. It has not been decided if the future service will be a concession contract or services contract As set out above, the purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to: I. inform the market of the status of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ's) future prisoner communication strategy II. inform the market of prospective opportunities for the provision of future prisoner communication services. It is the Authority's intention to participate with potential providers through market engagement event(s), to be held in November 2022. In the first instance suppliers should respond to this PIN to register their interest. The form of response should be limited to the provision of a single point of contact (company name, contact name, job title, e-mail address and telephone number). Suppliers who register their interest will then be held on a register. At a future date all suppliers responding to this PIN will be invited to attend the market engagement event(s). We will issue an invite to all interested parties, confirming the date, timings and location of the event(s). The events might be conducted on Microsoft Teams In order to express your interest in attending any future Market Engagement event, please address an e-mail to prisonercommunication@justice.gov.uk The subject of your e-mail should be: Future Prisoner Comms PIN Query. Potential providers will not be prejudiced by any response to this PIN, or failure to respond. This PIN does not formally signify the beginning of a procurement and does not constitute a commitment by the MoJ to undertake any market engagements events or procurement exercise. The MoJ will reserve its rights as to the procurement route used. In the event that a suitable pre-exiting framework is identified during market engagement the MoJ may decide not to issue a contract notice. Should a suitable framework not be identified and the MoJ decides to formally commence the procurement for prisoner communication services a separate contract notice will be issued in the Find a Tender Service https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search Any resulting procurement will be managed electronically via the MoJ e-sourcing suite and details on how to register on the portal will be provided. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004241-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Sep 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | 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 - 64 - Postal and telecommunications services ### Codes - 64200000 - Telecommunications services - 64212000 - Mobile-telephone services - 64212100 - Short Message Service (SMS) services - 64212800 - Pay phone provider services - 64212900 - Pre-paid phone card provider services - 64214400 - Communication land-line rental - 64215000 - IP telephone services ## Release History - 10 Feb 2023 at 16:02 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004241-2023 - 6 Sep 2022 at 15:39 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024999-2022 ## Notice URLs - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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