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title: "Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate"
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# Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prison-operator-services-hmp-dovegate-ocds-h6vhtk-04c605). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate". Published status: complete. Published Value: £479,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Published Value:** £479,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Imprisonment services, Prison services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £447,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04c605`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prison-operator-services-hmp-dovegate-ocds-h6vhtk-04c605#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fweb%2Flogin.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prison-operator-services-hmp-dovegate-ocds-h6vhtk-04c605#participate

## Description
Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75231210
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £479,000,000
- **Description:** This Contract is for the delivery of both custodial and maintenance services as part of the operation of HMP Dovegate. The award of this Contract for prison operator services for HMP Dovegate, was completed under the Light Touch Regime of the Public ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate (active)
  - Award id: `013554-2026-con_25801-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Serco Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON-PMNV-5613-PQMY`
  - Value: £447,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate (active)
  - Signed Value: £447,000,000
  - Signed Date: 28/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013554-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-02-13T15:44:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T10:11:48.465Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04c605