Awarded contract

Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Catering Qualifications for prisoners at HMP Ranby

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): n-ergy Group Ltd
Value: £35,000
Duration: 9 months
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 9 September 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Catering Qualification for prisoners at HMP Ranby. The supplier will deliver catering qualifications, including but not limited to: Level 2 Award in Food Safety in Catering, Level 1 Certificate in Food Preparation and Cooking, Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Food Production and Cooking & Introductory Certificate in Customer Service. The qualifications will help prisoners develop their employability skills within the catering industry and develop work experience in preparing food and serving customers to help them obtain employment on release.

Timeline

Completed: Award date10 July 2026
Completed: Award published9 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date9 April 2027in 6 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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