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Prison Education Service Core Education Lot 6: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Group

Ministry of Justice

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Ministry of Justice

Buyer Address: 102 Petty France, London, SW1H 9AJ, England

Contact Email: Commercial-prisoneducationservice@justice.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
47000000.0 GBP
Published
29 Jul 2025, 15:53
Deadline
13 Nov 2023, 00:00
Contract Start
30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Contract End
30 Sep 2032, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
75231200 - Services related to the detention or rehabilitation of criminals
Region
n/a
Awarded To
LTE Group (trading as Novus)
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

This notice is for the award of Lot 6: Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Cheshire Group The Prisoner Education Services (PES) is a UK government initiative with three overarching strategic priorities; improving prisoner numeracy and literacy skills, incentivizing prisoners to improve their qualifications and skills to increase their prospects of finding work on release, and ensuring that Governors and their teams have the knowledge, tools, support and accountabilities that they need to make this work. PES seeks to transform learning in jails as part of a renewed push to skill up offenders and protect the public. PES Core Education will include teaching and delivery of a two-layered curriculum for independence and for opportunity which meets the needs of prisoners, as well as high quality, timely screening and assessment delivery and tailored and impactful additional learning needs support. The Ministry of Justice launched the PES Panel to reform how education is delivered across the adult prison estate in England. The first call-offs under this framework focused on Core Education Services, including teaching and delivery of a two-layered curriculum for independence (essential subjects such as English, Maths, digital skills) and curriculum for opportunity, which meets the needs of prisoners. The Core Education contracts also include high quality, timely screening and assessment delivery; tailored and impactful additional learning needs support; and (where applicable) prison library services. The contracts are split into 11 regional lots and aim to provide a consistent, high-quality education offer that supports rehabilitation, reduces reoffending, and improves employability and resettlement outcomes for prisoners. The procurement was conducted under the Open Procedure in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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