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HMPPS Prison Retail Services

Buyer: Ministry of Justice →

BuyerMinistry of Justice
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published16 Jun 2026

What is being bought

The HMPPS Prison Retail Service is a critical service which delivers non-essential goods to prisoners within the UK prison system. The service is required to deliver approximately 250,000 transactions per month in total, to a population of circa 88,000 prisoners, across 108 public prisons in England & Wales. The Authority may also require that privately managed prisons are able to opt-in to elements of the service. The service will draw from a National Product List (NPL) agreed centrally, from which prisoners can purchase using their own funds. Each prison will offer a Local Product List (LPL) derived from the National Product List, to meet the needs of their prisoners. The products required range from ambient, fresh, chilled and frozen food/drinks to toiletries/healthcare; and vapes/tobacco. This list is not exhaustive, and product types may be subject to change. Some goods supplied may also be bespoke to HMPPS, to meet security requirements (e.g. Vapes). The Authority requires a service that meets the needs of the prisoners (the customer), whilst maintaining safety and security standards and supporting wider strategic aims of HMPPS. The service consists of the following key elements: • Supply of goods – consistent and stable supply of the products listed on the NPL and associated LPLs. • Ordering processes – the taking and processing of individual prisoner orders in both digital and non-digital prisons. • Order fulfilment – servicing of the prisoner orders, through pick & pack workshops or shops. • Stock management – replenishment and management of stock both at wholesale and workshop/shop level, to ensure availability to service orders. • Distribution – delivery of bulk goods or picked & packed orders to receiving site. The preferred future delivery model includes a hybrid approach to fulfilment methods across the estate, and includes: • A delivered service from off-site workshop(s), with orders picked & packed by the supplier. • Local on-site workshops, with a supplier providing bulk deliveries of goods and a stock management system, and orders picked & packed by HMPPS (prisoner workforce). • On-site shops, with some operated by the supplier and some operated by HMPPS. For all shops, the supplier would provide bulk deliveries of goods and a tilling system. • ‘Twinned’ sites, whereby fulfilment for these sites is provided by another establishment. In this scenario, the suppliers would provide the bulk deliveries of goods for these orders to the fulfilling sites local workshop or shop. Delivery of the service will require flexibility across different parts of the estate, in light of both Governor preferences for fulfilment and the digital/physical infrastructure available within establishments. Please note: All information provided in this Notice is indicative only and is subject to change.

Categories

Food, beverages, tobacco and related products 15000000Retail trade services 55900000Transport services (excl. Waste transport) 60000000Storage and warehousing services 63120000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Aug 2029 to 31 Jul 2037

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Retail trade services, Storage and warehousing services, Food, beverages, tobacco and related products, Transport services (excl. Waste transport)Not published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 15. The category anchor is Food, beverages, tobacco and related products (15000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 152914 median · 9.8 average (86 of 291 with a bid count)2.7 average (90 of 291 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
The Authority intends to run a Virtual Market Engagement event via Microsoft Teams on Tuesday 30th June, 14:00-16:00. The event intends to provide the market with information on the final service model and assocated requirements and set out the proposed approach to the procurement. There will also be opportunity for Q&A and to provide feedback. To confirm attendance at the event, please complete the following registration form: https://forms.office.com/e/FuRYwPHtnK Please note: Timings are approximate and event details may be subject to change.engagement30 Jun 2026scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0605bb
Latest release ID056699-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 16 2026 13:44:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Jun 2026planning056699-2026
12 May 2026planning043487-2026
14 Jan 2026planning003128-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
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14 Jan 2026 · 003128-2026 · planning
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    "description": "The HMPPS Prison Retail Service is a critical service which delivers non-essential goods to prisoners within the UK prison system. \nThe service is required to deliver approximately 250,000 transactions per month, to a population of circa 88,000 prisoners, across 109 public prisons in England & Wales. \nThe service draws from a National Product List agreed centrally (currently max. 1000 products), from which prisoners can purchase using their own funds. Each prison offers a Local Product List derived from the National Product List, to meet the needs of their prisoners. \nThe products required range from ambient, chilled and frozen food/drinks to toiletries/healthcare; and vapes/tobacco. This list is not exhaustive, and product types may be subject to change. Some goods supplied may also be bespoke to HMPPS, to meet security requirements.\nThe Authority requires a service that meets the needs of the prisoners (the customer), whilst maintaining safety and security standards and supporting wider strategic aims of HMPPS. This will require flexibility across different parts of the estate. \nThe Authority is considering all aspects of the future service, including but not limited to:\n•\trange of goods available\n•\tordering processes\n•\tfulfilment, logistics and distribution \n•\tend user receipt of goods\nThe preferred delivery model for the fulfilment, logistics and distribution aspect of the service may include a hybrid approach, combining elements such as:\n•\tbulk delivery\n•\toff-site pick & pack workshops\n•\ton-site pick & pack workshops\n•\ton-site shops\nManagement of these elements may be undertaken by the supplier, the Authority, or a combination of both. This list is not exhaustive, and options are still being considered by HMPPS. \nA key aim of the service is that it is cost-neutral and that the service overheads and operating costs are covered by the cost of sales. \nThe Authority is seeking to engage with interested parties capable of delivering all or part(s) of the service, to help shape future requirements, prior to any formal procurement exercise. \nPlease note: All information provided in this Notice is indicative only and is subject to change.",
    "aboveThreshold": true,
    "mainProcurementCategory": "services"
  },
  "parties": [
    {
      "id": "GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN",
      "name": "Ministry of Justice",
      "roles": [
        "buyer"
      ],
      "address": {
        "region": "UKI32",
        "country": "GB",
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "SW1H 9AJ",
        "countryName": "United Kingdom",
        "streetAddress": "102 Petty France"
      },
      "details": {
        "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement",
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "publicAuthorityCentralGovernment",
            "scheme": "UK_CA_TYPE",
            "description": "Public authority - central government"
          }
        ]
      },
      "identifier": {
        "id": "PDNN-2773-HVYN",
        "scheme": "GB-PPON"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "mojprocurementfood@justice.gov.uk"
      }
    }
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "planning": {
    "documents": [
      {
        "id": "003128-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003128-2026",
        "format": "text/html",
        "noticeType": "UK2",
        "description": "Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender",
        "documentType": "marketEngagementNotice",
        "datePublished": "2026-01-14T14:15:20Z"
      }
    ],
    "milestones": [
      {
        "id": "engagement",
        "type": "engagement",
        "status": "scheduled",
        "dueDate": "2026-03-31T23:59:59+01:00",
        "description": "The Authority intends to run a schedule of market engagement activity as follows, to provide information regarding the service requirements and invite feedback from suppliers:\n- Virtual Market Engagement Event: To be held via Microsoft Teams on the afternoon of Monday 9th February 2026. Timings and an agenda for the event will be confirmed when the calendar invite is sent. \n- Site Visit(s) to Prison(s): Anticipated to take place between 2nd-20th March 2026, with Prison(s) and date(s) to be confirmed. Further details will follow at the Virtual Market Engagement Event. Attendance will be limited to one representative per organisation. Please be aware that due to the nature of a Prison environment, there may be further limitations on maximum numbers and security restrictions at any site visit(s). \n- Market Engagement Questionnaire: To gain feedback from suppliers following the Virtual Market Engagement Event and Prison site visit(s). \nTo register your interest for this schedule of market engagement activity, please complete the following registration form: https://forms.office.com/e/KYL0w3r6G5 \nInvitations and any further information will be sent via email following registration. \nPlease note: Dates and activity may be subject to change."
      }
    ]
  },
  "initiationType": "tender"
}