Official UK procurement notice
Prison Operator Services Framework 2 - January 2026 1-2-1 Market Engagement Sessions
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBACKGROUND AND INFORMATION
The previous Prison Operator Services Framework (POSF1) was established in June 2019 and expired in July 2025. As a result, the Authority is in the process of establishing a new framework, Prison Operator Services Framework 2 (POSF2). To inform the market and generate interest, the Authority has previously conducted a series of market engagement events. To build on this, a one-week period during w/c 19th January 2026 has been identified to hold 1-2-1 discussions with interested suppliers prior to the launch of the Prison Operator Services Framework 2 (POSF2) procurement in February 2026.
The Authority is offering a 45-minute 1-2-1 session with interested suppliers who consider they have the capability and capacity to deliver prison operator services under POSF2. All sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams only and will not be recorded.
As per the Planned Procurement Notice published by the Authority on 8th December 2025 (www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080623-2025 ↗), the indicative procurement timetable for the POSF2 procurement is as follows. Please note these dates may be subject to change.
- Publication of Tender Notice and Procurement Documentation - 23/02/2026
- Deadline for Submission of PSQ and COP Responses - 13/03/2026
- Authority issue PSQ and COP Notification Letters - 02/04/2026
- Bidder Engagement and Dialogue - 20/04/2026 to 19/06/2026
- Publication of ISFT Documentation - 29/06/2026
- Deadline for Submission of Tender Responses - 24/07/2026
- Framework Award - 08/03/2027
EVENT DESCRIPTION
The Authority is offering interested suppliers who consider they have the capability and capacity to deliver prison operator services under POSF2 the opportunity to have a 1-2-1 session with Authority representatives from the Commercial and Competitions Teams. This session will be scheduled for 45-minutes online (via Microsoft Teams) and will be a structured discussion. The Authority requests that ahead of the session, suppliers consider responses to the following questions to inform discussions.
- How would you describe your organisation’s current level of interest/ commitment to participate?
o What is influencing this?
o What additional information and/or support do you require from the Authority to help inform your decision to participate?
o What, if anything, do you consider to be a key barrier(s) to participation?
o What, if anything, do you consider to be a key risk(s) underpinning appetite?
o What is your current level of commitment/interest in participating for the following categories of Prison Operator Services:
- Expiring Prisons (both PFI and Manage & Maintain)
- New Prisons
- Prisons delivering Women’s Services (e.g. HMP Bronzefield and HMP Peterborough)
- Prisons delivering Youth Services (e.g. HMP & YOI Parc)
- How would you describe your current state of readiness to participate?
o What is influencing this?
o What additional information and/or support will you require from the Authority once the competition has been launched to help you be successful in obtaining a place on Framework 2?
o If you do not feel ready to participate in this competition for Framework 2, are you considering participating when Framework 2 is re-opened? If so, what is influencing this decision?
REGISTERING ATTENDANCE AND SUPPLIER ATTENDEES
The Authority has identified the following timeslots for the 1-2-1 sessions. When responding to this notice, please indicate all the timeslots your organisation’s representatives are available for.
- 10am to 10.45am on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 10am to 10.45am on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 10am to 10.45am on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
Once attendees have registered their interest and availability to participate, the Authority will schedule and inform each supplier of their designated 45-minute time slot by issuing a Microsoft Teams calendar invite.
For suppliers who have not previously expressed an interest in POSF2 but consider they have the capability and capacity to deliver prison operator services under POSF2, please register for this procurement opportunity on the MoJ's e-procurement portal, Jaggaer, under PQQ_404 - Market Engagement for Prison Operator Services Framework Agreement - Generation Two. A link to the MoJ's e-procurement portal is below:
ministryofjusticecommercial.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
Once a supplier has registered for this opportunity via Jaggaer, please respond via PQQ_404 - Market Engagement for Prison Operator Services Framework Agreement - Generation Two on Jaggaer by no later than 5pm on Wednesday 14th January 2026 with the names, job titles and email addresses of your attendees for the event. Please note there is a maximum of 5 attendees per organisation for the event.
CPV: Imprisonment services · Prison services · Public security, law and order services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 8 Mar 2027
The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
- “Prison Operator Services Framework 2 - January 2026 1-2-1 Market…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Ministry of Justice buys Justice services (CPV 7523), and who usually turns up
Ministry of Justice’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Justice services (CPV 7523) →
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside Greater London.
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Half of these awards were announced within 49 days of the bid deadline.
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Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
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Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid18% / 29%
2–364% / 57%
4–69% / 0%
7+9% / 14%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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Lot #1CPV 7523Published estimate£92bn
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A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid8%
2–336%
4–612%
7+44%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Dec 2025, 09:55 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 09:55 GMT
- Authority reference
prj_14483- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083638- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f762Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 8 Mar 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published309 days ago17 Dec 2025, 09:55 GMT
- Market engagement272 days ago22 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
The Authority is offering 45-minute 1-2-1 sessions with interested suppliers who consider they have the capability and capacity to deliver prison operator services under POSF2 during w/c 19th January 2026. All sessions will be held via Microsoft Teams only and will not be recorded.
The Authority has identified the following timeslots for the 1-2-1 sessions. When responding to this notice, please indicate all the timeslots your organisation’s representatives are available for.
- 10am to 10.45am on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Tuesday 20th January 2026
- 10am to 10.45am on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Wednesday 21st January 2026
- 10am to 10.45am on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 11am to 11.45am on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 12pm to 12.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 2pm to 2.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
- 3pm to 3.45pm on Thursday 22nd January 2026
Once attendees have registered their interest and availability to participate, the Authority will schedule and inform each supplier of their designated 45-minute time slot by issuing a Microsoft Teams calendar invite.
- Tender notice expected240 days ago23 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 137 days8 Mar 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published17 Dec 2025, 09:55 GMTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender