Market Engagement – HMPPS Adult Prison Education Services in England

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is establishing the Government’s vision to deliver a Prisoner Education Service which equips prisoners with the numeracy, literacy, skills and qualifications they need to get jobs or apprenticeships after they leave custody. We will therefore be seeking to procure new contracts to deliver education services in prisons across England. Our vision is that everyone of working age and able to work should leave prison prepared for employment or further education and training. The new service will therefore expand the scope of ‘prison education’, bringing together areas of learning, skills and work into one transformative service. This will facilitate better outcomes for prisoners on release and ultimately contribute to reducing reoffending. To achieve this vision, we are seeking to procure new education contracts by engaging with a diverse range of providers and suppliers that can offer prisoners a range of learning opportunities. In issuing this Prior Information Notice, the MoJ is seeking to inform the market of this planned procurement with a view to initiating a series of market consultations in the near future. The MoJ intends to hold a market engagement launch event on 26th April 10:45 to 12:15 via MS Teams webinar. To register your interest for the market engagement launch event on the 26th April 2022, please register on Jaggaer (if not already registered) as follows: 1) Creating an account or logging into the MoJ eSourcing portal at: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk 2) Within the portal users can navigate using the left side menu, selecting 'PQQs Open to All Suppliers' or ‘My PQQ’s’ if already registered and then selecting 'PQQ_285 - Engagement Opportunity: Prison Education'. 3) Users can express an interest by clicking 'Express interest'. The attachments area of the PQQ contains an invitation registration to the Market Engagement Launch Event. For the avoidance of doubt, the use of a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) is used solely for the purposes of expressions of interest and to act as a system mechanism for sharing information and communicating with interested parties. There is no requirement to complete a questionnaire or submit information. This notice relates to an engagement opportunity and is not a call for competition or an invitation to take part in pre-qualification proceedings. Enquiries relating to the exercise should be directed to CCMD-PrisonEducationService-Programme@Justice.gov.uk. For technical assistance with the MoJ eSourcing Portal please contact the central support team using the details provided on the portal homepage.