Published date: 17 September 2018

Open opportunity - This means that the contract is currently active, and the buying department is looking for potential suppliers to fulfil the contract.


Closing: 1 September 2028

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£1

Procurement reference

tender_165834/711591

Published date

17 September 2018

Closing date

1 September 2028

Contract start date

9 September 2028

Contract end date

9 September 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Directive 2014/24/EU call for competition

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

BIDDERS MUST NOTE THAT THIS IS A LIGHT TOUCH PROCUREMENT UNDERTAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS 74 - 76 OF THE PUBLIC CONTRACTS REGULATIONS 2015, AND NOT A REGULATION 34 PROCUREMENT FOR A DYNAMIC PURCHASING SYSTEM.OR A REGULATION 28 RESTICTED PROCUREMENT.

The Ministry of Justice (the "Authority") is seeking to establish the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System (PEDPS) for the provision of education, Information, Advice and Guidance and resettlement services to those in custody in England. The PEDPS will operate with 17 Service Categories and 5 Geographical Locations. The number of Potential Suppliers appointed to the PEDPS is unlimited. The PEDPS will have an open end-date with no set duration and will run until the Authority decides to close it. The estimated spend for the first 6 years of the PEDPS is £210,000,000 (£35 million per year). The PEDPS seeks to provide Governors with a flexible commissioning route for short to medium term needs up to one year, one-off requirements and services that support and complement the core educational offer in prisons. In particular, the Authority wants to access innovative approaches to custody education that deliver against the needs of specific cohorts of offenders and education and training that contributes to employment and/or wider rehabilitative outcomes.

Connected to this is a desire to attract a broad range of suppliers to be part of the PEDPS, including, but not limited to, SMEs, further education colleges and higher education institutions, specialist training providers and third sector organisations. The PEDPS will have an Initial Selection Stage which will cover the first 30 days, up to Wednesday 17th October 2018 at 3pm and Potential Suppliers should aim to join during this period. Once the PEDPS has been established, the Ongoing Selection Stage will commence on Friday 9th November 2018. Potential Suppliers must visit the MoJ sourcing portal at https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/ to register and for further detail and documents.


How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.


About the buyer

Contact name

Ministry of Justice.

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
England

Email

commercial.prisoneducation@justice.gov.uk

Website

https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/