--- title: "Prisoner Screening & Assessment Tools and Associated Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-048589" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-048589" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048589.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048589.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MINISTRY OF JUSTICE" published: "2024-07-29" --- # Prisoner Screening & Assessment Tools and Associated Services Buyer: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-048589 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-048589) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-048589.json) ## Summary The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is seeking to procure digital Screening & Assessment (S&A) Tools with an emphasis on Educational software development services. This tender, titled "Prisoner Screening & Assessment Tools and Associated Services," focuses on enhancing prisoner education to reduce reoffending rates and improve employment post-release. The procurement process is in the Tender stage with a submission deadline on 18th September 2024. The valued project is worth £9,333,331 and covers three specific Lots: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills; Reading; and Additional Learning Needs. The tools must align with open standards and be functional for service commencement. Services will be delivered across public prisons in England, with an initial contract term of 48 months and an option to renew for an additional 36 months. The procurement method is an Open procedure, seeking high-quality and accessible S&A tools integrated into MoJ's digital ecosystem. This tender represents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in Educational software development and digital service integration, particularly those experienced in creating training and assessment tools. It offers numerous prospects for software development firms, IT service providers, and education technology companies to contribute innovative solutions to improve prison education services. Companies capable of delivering comprehensive S&A tools and support services can have a lasting impact on reducing reoffending rates and enhancing prisoner rehabilitation through education, making their offerings instrumental in achieving MoJ's strategic goals. Businesses with robust digital, educational, and assessment capabilities will find this contract particularly beneficial for growth and establishing a strong partnership with the Ministry of Justice. ## Notice The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has a legal requirement to secure the provision of education and training for prisoners and recognises that Education, Skills, and Work (ESW) play a significant role in reducing reoffending. A 2017 MoJ report shows that prisoners who participated in any form of learning activity were 9 percentage points less likely to reoffend compared to non-learners and 1.8 percentage points more likely to be in employment after release. MoJ is committed to delivering a transformed 'Prisoner Education Service' (PES) focused on work-based training and skills'. The Prisoner Education Service (PES) programme is developing an innovative, integrated digital ecosystem that brings together a holistic prisoner view that informs planning, delivery and accountability. Effective Screening and Assessment (S&A) is at the core of this, ensuring that prisoner's education starting points and learning needs are identified from initial education induction, and inform their learner journey throughout their time in custody. This system should enable HMPPS to drive up standards, improve national consistency and outcomes across the estate, both in custody and in the community. To enable and support HMPPS ambition and realise the strategic ambition for national education screening, we are procuring digital S&A tools for the Prison Education Service contracts. The scope of this procurement includes screening tools for English, Mathematics, Digital Skills, Reading, and Additional Learning Needs (ALN). Due to the importance of having a 'human element' in assessing reading ability. Reading assessments can be partly digital but must include interaction with screening and assessment delivery staff so that consideration can be made of reading accuracy, word pronunciation, expressions of tone or intonation. This tender is to procure three Tools, one for each of the following Lots: Lot 1: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills Lot 2: Reading Lot 3: Additional Learning Needs The Tools must be compliant with the minimum viable product digital requirements as outlined in the specification in time for Service Commencement and must be capable of integrating with other services and sharing data using open standards. The vision for the S&A Tools is to: * Implement high-quality, accessible tools that accurately identify prisoner ability levels and indicate potential needs. * Enable collaboration with the Authority and PES providers to ensure continuous improvement so that the S&A tools enable quality S&A delivery. * Enable data reporting integration of the S&A tools into the Authority systems. * Provide for the first time national consistent S&A tools across the PES estate to reduce duplication and improve data flow across the estate. * Deliver the ambition for digital by default screening with contingencies to allow continued S&A delivery when access to digital tool/s is impacted. * Ensure high quality S&A tool provider led training and ongoing support to PES core-education staff on the use of provider screening tools. * Drive quality via output measured key performance indicators. ### Lot Information English, Mathematics, and Digital Services This Tool covers: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills. The English and Mathematics element of the Tool would accurately assess Prisoner's current skills and ability under the following outcomes: * Pre-entry level * Entry level 1 * Entry level 2 * Entry level 3 * Level 1 * Level 2 or higher And the Digital Skills element of the Tool would accurately assess Prisoners' current skills and abilities in line with National Standards and provide an assessment of the Prisoner's everyday digital literacy skills and functional digital skills Renewal: Initial contract term is 48 months plus option to renew for a further 36 months Reading This Tool covers: Reading. The tool will accurately identify gaps in a Prisoners' reading ability, covering comprehension, reading fluency and phonological awareness and would indicate a reading level/score and level of reading support required to progress their ability to read. Reading assessments would include digital elements but must include interaction with and assessment outcomes determined by prison delivery staff. Renewal: Initial contract term is 48 months plus option to renew for a further 36 months Additional Learning Needs This Tool covers: Additional Learning Needs. The ALN Tool must identify areas of potential ALN including: * Communication and Interaction needs; * Cognition and Learning needs; * Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties; and * Physical and/or Sensory Needs The Tool will also: * identify strengths, contributing to the process of making reasonable adjustments. * Produce results that can inform and support processes of ALN support planning within a whole Prison approach including Prison inductions, Education, and the wider Prison regime. * Have been designed as an ALN Indicator Tool and not as a diagnostic tool (a diagnostic tool is designed to be administered and interpreted by suitably qualified psychology, learning disability, nursing or specialist education staff in order to reach a clear professional diagnosis). * Have been designed and developed with psychological and specialist educational input to ensure it covers a wide range of neurodivergent and other additional need(s). *Have been previously tested within a relevant further education and/or custodial environment comparable to the UK Prison system and be supported by research/reports which clearly demonstrate its validity and capability to deliver in a consistent and equitable manner. Contractors are expected to engage with the Authority in any additional validity testing requested. *Lead to the production of clear and detailed results and reports which: *Can be understood by the Prisoner, Prison Staff and HMPPS staff. *Clarify what the indicators of ALN are for the individual, including any areas of strength as well as areas of need. *Clearly identify what practical strategies and reasonable adjustments can be put in place to support the individual both within education and more widely within the Prison regime and in community healthcare. It is desirable for the tool to suggest where further specialist assessment may be needed, and indicate where further diagnostic assessment may be needed, by suitably qualified psychology, learning disability, nursing or specialist education staff. The tool results are accessible to all staff who work with Prisoners across all departments within the Prison. The results must be available digitally, live, to the Authority and selected third parties. Renewal: Initial contract term is 48 months plus option to renew for a further 36 months ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023613-2024 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 29 Jul 2024 | | Submission deadline | 4 Sep 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £9,333,331 | | Lots value | £9,331,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | 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 - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 75 - Administration, defence and social security services - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 48190000 - Educational software package - 72212190 - Educational software development services - 72212210 - Networking software development services - 72212311 - Document management software development services - 72212517 - IT software development services - 72250000 - System and support services - 72253000 - Helpdesk and support services - 72260000 - Software-related services - 72261000 - Software support services - 72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services - 72310000 - Data-processing services - 75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals - 75231230 - Prison services - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80533000 - Computer-user familiarisation and training services - 80533100 - Computer training services ## Release History - 29 Jul 2024 at 13:34 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023613-2024 ## Notice URLs - https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html - 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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