Expired contract

Award of a Call Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Self Employment Training course for Prisoners at HMP Elmley

Details

Value
£48,158
Duration
1 year
Topic
Education and training services
Published
17 June 2025

Tender description

Award of a Call Off Contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Self Employment training course for Prisoners at HMP Elmley. This contract shall deliver a course that shall develop an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that self-employment on release shall present for learners. The course shall allow learners to create a business plan with specialist help and advice. It should cover the following: - Personal characteristics for self-employment - Potential barriers to self-employment and solutions/guidance - Communication and team working - Decision making - Time management - Explain and present the business idea and examine strength and weaknesses - Identify the product / service - Identify potential customers - Marketing and advertising opportunities - How to create and present a business plan

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date9 April 2025
  2. Completed: Award published17 June 2025
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date8 April 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

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