Expired contract

Award of a Call off Contract under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Support for residents of HMP London

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): Shannon Trust
Value: £270,551
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 20 June 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Award of a Call off Contract under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Support for residents of HMP London to engage directly with prisoners through a range of methods including focus groups, surveys and other prisoner voice activities to identify the most effective strategies to encourage prisoners to improve their reading skills and engage in reading for pleasure.

Timeline

Completed: Award date3 June 2025
Completed: Award published20 June 2025
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date2 June 2026

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. 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.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

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

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov

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