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# Prisoner Screening & Assessment Tools and Associated Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/prisoner-screening-assessment-tools-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0469ba). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Justice: "Prisoner Screening & Assessment Tools and Associated Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £9,600,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £9,600,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult and other education services, Computer training services, Computer-user familiarisation and training services, Data-processing services, Document management software development services (+12 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0469ba`

## 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/prisoner-screening-assessment-tools-and-associated-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0469ba#tl-md)

## Description
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has a legal requirement to secure the provision of education and training for prisoners and recognises that Education, Skills, and Work (ESW) play a significant role in reducing reoffending. A 2017 MoJ report shows that prisoners who participated in any form of learning activity were 9 percentage points less likely to reoffend compared to non-learners and 1.8 percentage points more likely to be in employment after release. MoJ is committed to delivering a transformed 'Prisoner Education Service' (PES) focused on work-based training and skills'.
The Prisoner Education Service (PES) is developing an innovative, integrated digital ecosystem that brings together a holistic prisoner view that informs planning, delivery and accountability. Effective Screening and Assessment (S&A) is at the core of this, ensuring that prisoner’s learner needs are identified when engaging with education, and inform their learner journey throughout their time in custody. This system should enable HMPPS to drive up standards and outcomes across the estate, both in custody and in the community.
To enable and support HMPPS ambition and realise the strategic decision for national education screening, we are procuring digital S&A tools for the Prison Education Service contracts. The scope of this procurement includes screening tools for English, Mathematics, Digital Skills, Reading, and Additional Learning Needs (ALN). Due to the importance of having a 'human element' in assessing reading ability, certain elements of the reading tool are not required to be digital.
We are expecting to procure three Tools, one for each of the following Lots:
Lot 1: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills
Lot 2: Reading
Lot 3: Additional Learning Needs
The Tools must be compliant with Government Digital Standard (GDS) in the design, testing and deployment in time for Service Commencement and must be capable of integrating with other services and sharing data using open standards.
The vision for the S&A Tools contracts is to:
• Implement high-quality, accessible tools that accurately identify prisoner ability levels and indicate potential needs.
• Enable collaboration with the Authority and PES providers to ensure continuous improvement so that the S&A tools enable quality S&A delivery.
• Enable data reporting integration of the S&A tools into the Authority systems.
• Provide for the first time national consistent S&A tools across the PES estate to reduce duplication and improve data flow across the estate.
• Deliver the ambition for digital by default screening with contingencies to allow continued S&A delivery when access to digital tool/s is impacted.
• Ensure high quality S&A tool provider led training and ongoing support to PES core-education staff on the use of provider screening tools.
• Drive quality via performance measured key performance indicators.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: English, Mathematics, and Digital Services: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1: English, Mathematics, and Digital Services`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48190000, 72212190, 72212210, 72212311, 72212517, 72250000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This Tool covers: English, Mathematics, and Digital Skills.
We anticipate that the English and Mathematics element of the Tool would accurately assess Prisoner's current skills and ability under the following outcomes:
* Pre-entry level
* Entry level...

### Lot 2: Reading: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `2: Reading`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48190000, 72212190, 72212210, 72212311, 72212517, 72250000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This Tool covers: Reading.
It is anticipated that this tool would accurately identify gaps in a Prisoners' reading ability, covering comprehension, reading fluency and phonological awareness and would indicate a reading level/score and level of readi...

### Lot 3: Additional Learning Needs: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `3: Additional Learning Needs`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48190000, 72212190, 72212210, 72212311, 72212517, 72250000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This Tool covers: Additional Learning Needs.
The ALN Tool must identify areas of potential ALN including:
* Communication and Interaction needs;
* Cognition and Learning needs;
* Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties; and
* Physical and/or...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016193-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-05-22T13:53:31.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:57:39.313Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0469ba