Official UK procurement notice
DoJ - NIPS - Provision of Psychological Risk Assessment Reports to identify offending pathways, treatment-planning needs and meet Public Protection requirements within the Northern Ireland Prison Service
Authority: Northern Ireland Prison Service (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD - Supplies and Services Division
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£225,000≈ £300k / year · £270,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Nov 2025
Contract term 9 moends 1 Sept 2026 · starts 1 Dec 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) wishes to establish a contract with a single Contractor for the provision of support to deliver Psychological Risk / Need Assessment reports to better understand service users offending pathways and make recommendations regarding suitability for release.
CPV: Health and social work services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£225,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
- AC1 - Company Experience: 11.9 percent
- AC2 - Implementation: 30.1 percent
- AC3 - Contract and Account Management: 9.8 percent
- AC4 - Data Handling and Maintenance: 9.8 percent
- AC5 - Business Continuity: 13.3 percent
- AC6 - Price/Cost: 30 percent
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 3 Nov 2025, 13:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2025, 13:55 GMT
- Authority reference
ID 6033878- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070464- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d902Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
- Submission deadline
- 20 Nov 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
3 Nov 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates- Tender notice published357 days ago3 Nov 2025, 13:55 GMT
- Clarification questions by347 days ago13 Nov 2025, 17:00 GMT
- Submission deadline340 days ago20 Nov 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Contract starts330 days ago1 Dec 2025
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published3 Nov 2025, 13:55 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPD - Supplies and Services DivisionBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender