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Prison Operator Services - January 2026 Subject Matter Experts Panel Market Engagement Event

Buyer: Ministry of Justice →

BuyerMinistry of Justice
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£92,000,000,000
Published17 Dec 2025

What is being bought

BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION Subject to approvals, the Authority intends to launch procurements for the Prison Operator Services Framework 2 (POSF2) and HMP Rye Hill in 2026. To help interested suppliers understand the principles of key areas of service design and delivery, the Authority will be hosting a market engagement session on Tuesday 13th January 2026. This event will be delivered using interactive panel sessions with relevant Authority Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), focused on four key areas relating to designing and delivering service requirements at prisons as part of either Mini-Competitions under a Framework or standalone procurements not let under a Framework. This will be an in-person only event held at Pinsent Mason’s offices in Leeds (1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB). Due to this being an in-person event, it will not be recorded. The proposed agenda and indicative timings for the event are as follows: • Arrival – 12.30pm to 1pm • Introduction – 1pm to 1.15pm • Panel 1 – Finance – 1.15pm to 1.45pm • Panel 2 – Reducing Reoffending – 1.45pm to 2.15pm • Panel 3 – Staff Profiling and Resourcing – 2.15pm to 3pm • Break – 3pm to 3.30pm • Panel 4 – Mobilisation – 3.30pm to 4pm • Panel 5 – General Q&A – 4pm to 4.30pm EVENT DESCRIPTION This will be an in person only event, held at Pinsent Mason’s offices in Leeds (1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB). INTRODUCTION (1pm - 1.15pm) - Welcome message from MoJ and HMPPS Senior Leadership. PANEL 1 - FINANCE (1.15pm - 1.45pm) - The panel will be made up of two Authority SMEs from the MoJ and HMPPS Finance Team. - The session will focus on the completion of the Financial Response Template (FRT) and Cost Assumptions Questionnaire (CAQ), whilst ensuring that messaging is delivered in a helpful way for those from a non-finance background. PANEL 2 - REDUCING REOFFENDING (1.45pm - 2.15pm) - The panel will be made up of two Authority SMEs from MoJ and HMPPS. - The session will examine how to assess, resource and deliver a reducing reoffending programme. PANEL 3 - STAFF PROFILING AND RESOURCING (2.15pm – 3pm) - The Panel will be made up of three Authority SMEs from HMPPS. - The session will provide an overview of the importance of robust resourcing as well as the key principles suppliers should consider when completing staff profiles. PANEL 4 - MOBILISATION (3.30pm – 4pm) - The panel will be made up of three Authority SMEs from MoJ and HMPPS. - The session will focus on how Operators can effectively mobilise a prison following success in a competition. - This will be an interactive session and suppliers are encouraged to submit questions relating to mobilisation via the eSourcing portal, Jaggaer, to inform discussion during the session. PANEL 5 - GENERAL Q&A (4pm - 4.30pm) - The panel will be made up of a variety of Authority SMEs from MoJ and HMPPS. - This session will seek to answer a mixture of pre-determined questions from suppliers and questions posed by the Authority to provide further clarity on key areas. - Suppliers are encouraged to submit questions relating to Prison Operator Services via the eSourcing portal, Jaggaer, to inform the Q& session. - There may be time for questions to be asked on the day from attendees via Slido to protect anonymity. In addition to suppliers being encouraged to submit questions relating to the Mobilisation and General Q&A sessions, the Authority also encourages suppliers to submit questions relating to the other sessions. The Authority will use these questions to inform the messaging to be delivered in each session. Any questions submitted will be treated anonymously. Suppliers should submit any questions they have via the eSourcing portal, Jaggaer, when confirming their attendance at the event. REGISTERING ATTENDANCE AND SUPPLIER ATTENDEES For suppliers who have not previously expressed an interest in POSF2 but are interested in attending this event, 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: https://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 Thursday 8th 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.

Categories

Imprisonment services 75231210Prison services 75231230Public security, law and order services 75240000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 8 Mar 2027 to 7 Mar 2035

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Prison services, Imprisonment services, Public security, law and order servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 75. The category anchor is Imprisonment services (75231210); 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 751,0883 median · 50.4 average (288 of 1,088 with a bid count)3.5 average (367 of 1,088 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer19Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3Not 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 agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimelightTouch
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
This will be an in person only event, held at Pinsent Mason’s offices in Leeds (1 Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB). INTRODUCTION (1pm - 1.15pm) PANEL 1 - FINANCE (1.15pm - 1.45pm) PANEL 2 - REDUCING REOFFENDING (1.45pm - 2.15pm) PANEL 3 - STAFF PROFILING AND RESOURCING (2.15pm – 3pm) BREAK (3pm - 3.30pm) PANEL 4 - MOBILISATION (3.30pm – 4pm) PANEL 5 - GENERAL Q&A (4pm - 4.30pm)engagement13 Jan 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-05f761
Latest release ID083635-2025
Latest release timestampWed Dec 17 2025 09:51:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
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 value£92,000,000,000
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
17 Dec 2025planning083635-2025

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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