Official UK procurement notice
Assess Risk, Needs & Strengths (ARNS) Project - HMPPS Digital Transformation Programme
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£19,092,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Aug 2026
Awarded to Hippo Digital Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRetender for a managed service supplier to build elements of the ARNS Service. This service will replace OASys as the main risk assessment of people under supervision and as such is critical throughout the offender journey.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 10 Aug 2026, 14:40 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 14:08 BST
- Authority reference
prj_17798- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091030- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e048Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Aug 2026 → 25 Sept 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends63 days ago19 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published26 days ago25 Sept 2026, 14:08 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 Aug 2026- Contract award notice published10 Aug 2026, 14:40 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected24 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Sept 2026, 14:08 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £19,092,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hippo Digital Limited25 Aug 2026 – 24 Aug 2029 · up to 24 Aug 2030Extensions: Option to extend the contract for 1 year | £19,092,000 | 10 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Assess Risk, Needs & Strengths (ARNS) Project - HMPPS Digital Transformation Programme · Hippo Digital Limited
- Signed
- 14 Sept 2026
- Value
- £19,092,000
- Period
- 14 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2029 · up to 13 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- One year extension option available
4 agreed KPIs: Delivery of Agreed Outcomes · Statement of Work (SoW) Deliverables completed by Due Date · Social Value KPI – Commitments Delivery …
- Delivery of Agreed Outcomes, Percentage of agreed Statement of Work deliverables, milestones or outcomes delivered to agreed quality and acceptance criteria within agreed tolerances. Supplier delivers agreed outcomes in line with agreed acceptance criteria, quality expectations and delivery tolerances. KPI Threshold - ≥ 90%
- Statement of Work (SoW) Deliverables completed by Due Date, The Supplier shall deliver all Statement of Work (SoW) Deliverables in accordance with the agreed due dates, with each Deliverable meeting the defined Acceptance Criteria at the point of submission. ≥ 95% of Deliverables are accepted as meeting Acceptance Criteria by the agreed due date
- Social Value KPI – Commitments Delivery, The Supplier shall achieve the proposed specific and measurable social values commitments on time at least 98% at all times.
- Accurate and timely billing of Buyer, Accuracy/Timelines - at least 98% at all times
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Hippo Digital LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender