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title: "Literacy Innovation Fund"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03889a"
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# Literacy Innovation Fund

Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03889a

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## Summary

The Ministry of Justice has awarded contracts for the "Literacy Innovation Fund" in the education and training services category. The procurement process is complete and has been lotted across different regions (North, North/Midlands, Midlands, East, and South). The contracts aim to improve literacy levels of prisoners in various locations such as HMP Askham Grange, HMP Humber, and HMP Leeds. The contracts have been awarded to suppliers like The National Literacy Trust and Shannon Trust, with varying award criteria and evaluation factors.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses specialising in education and training services, especially those focused on innovative literacy programmes. Companies providing solutions to improve literacy skills using appealing and accessible methods would find this tender suitable for their expertise. Business growth opportunities exist in collaborating with the Ministry of Justice to address the needs of prisoners and support their learning and skills development journeys towards successful reintegration into society.

## Notice

Our vision is that everyone of working age and able to work should leave prison prepared for employment or further education and training. We want to establish a 'golden thread' of learning, skills development and progress across all areas of education, skills and work in custody to ensure every prisoner is on a learning, employment and personal development pathway towards outcomes on release. Two key priorities moving forward are improving literacy and numeracy of all prisoners and offering prisoners education, skill and work opportunities that will increase their prospects of finding a job on release. Solutions which deliver English learning in an appealing and accessible way to prisoners (including those that may have additional learning needs) who are currently unable or unwilling to engage in the current education offer to improve their literacy skills. We are particularly interested in approaches that support prisoners with a range of reading and writing needs, including decoding, word reading, reading fluency, vocabulary learning, spelling and reading/writing practice. This is a lotted contract Lot 1 - North (HMP Askham Grange, HMP Humber, HMP Leeds) - won by the National Literacy Trust Lot 2 - North/Midlands (HMP Risley, HMP Nottingham, HMP New Hall) - won by the Shannon Trust Lot 3 - Midlands (HMP Stocken, HMP Featherstone, HMP Lincoln) - won by the Shannon Trust Lot 4 - East (HMP Onley, HMP Norwich, HMP Highpoint) - won by the Shannon Trust Lot 5 - South (HMP Elmley, HMP Swalesdale, HMP Guys Marsh) - won by the National Literacy Trust

### Lot Information

Lot Lot 1 - North

This lot is focused on improving the literacy levels of prisoners.

Options: There is an optional extension period of 2 years.

Lot Lot 2 - North/Midlands

This lot is focused on improving the literacy levels of prisoners.

Options: There is an optional extension period of 2 years.

Lot Lot 3 – Midlands

This lot is focused on improving the literacy levels of prisoners.

Options: There is an optional extension period of 2 years.

Lot Lot 4 – East

This lot is focused on improving the literacy levels of prisoners.

Options: There is an optional extension period of 2 years.

Lot Lot 5 – South

This lot is focused on improving the literacy levels of prisoners.

Options: There is an optional extension period of 2 years.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037419-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Mar 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | The Authority reserves the right to extend this contract for a maximum of 24 months. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,800,000 |
| Lots value | £1,800,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £360,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | TLD6 Cheshire, TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLE2 North Yorkshire, TLE4 West Yorkshire, TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire, TLF3 Lincolnshire, TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire, TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire, TLH1 East Anglia, TLJ4 Kent, TLK2 Dorset and Somerset |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | SHANNON TRUST; THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80400000 - Adult and other education services

## Release History

- 20 Dec 2023 at 10:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037419-2023
- 25 Nov 2022 at 18:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033573-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
- http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement
- https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/documents/1178/commercial-interests-section-43-foia-guidance.pdf
- https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

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