Awarded contract

Prison Operator Services - HMP Forest Bank

Details

Supplier(s)
Sodexo Ltd
Value
£392,000,000
Duration
11 years
Topic
Prison services
Published
14 May 2025

Tender description

The Contract is for the provision of Prison Operator Services at HMP Forest Bank, an existing Category B Reception Prison in Pendlebury, Greater Manchester. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a safe, decent, secure operating model and regime that specifically meets the needs of the cohort whilst providing a platform for prisoners to tackle the causes of their offending, and a better, more supportive environment for staff and prisoners to work and live in. The Prison Operator Services will include: - Ensuring the safety and well-being of prisoners on their arrival, early days and induction period and integrating them into the environment and regime - Delivery of Services through the identification of offending behaviours risk profiles to meet the needs of the rehabilitation cohort - Delivery of Industries, Interventions and Prison Work, which will deliver outcomes related to effective rehabilitation - Delivery of Education services to meets the needs of the rehabilitation cohort - Delivery of Property and Facilities Management services, including sustainability outcomes with due regard to the environment

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date30 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published14 May 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date19 January 2036in 9 years

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 75231230 · Prison services

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