Awarded contract

Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy Support for prisoners at HMP Exeter

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): Shannon Trust
Value: £39,191
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 13 September 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy Support for prisoners at HMP Exeter. A programme designed to support, coach, train and provide structured supervision for peer mentor prisoners who are involved with the delivery of one-to-one support for those with very low literacy and low numeracy amongst people in prison (below L1 English / Maths).

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 July 2025
Completed: Award published13 September 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date18 November 2026in 2 months

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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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@ministry-of-justice.gov
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