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title: "SPS-02053 Personal Development & Learning"
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# SPS-02053 Personal Development & Learning

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sps-02053-personal-development-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-041799). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Scottish Prison Service: "SPS-02053 Personal Development & Learning". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Scottish Prison Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/scottish-prison-service-GB-FTS-68977)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 June 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Administrative educational services, Adult and other education services, Education and training services, Higher education services, Operation of an educational centre
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £36,400,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-041799`

## 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/sps-02053-personal-development-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-041799#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sps-02053-personal-development-learning-ocds-h6vhtk-041799#participate

## Description
Provision of prison based Development and Learning Service throughout Scotland in the public prisons operated by the SPS. The services will be provided to adults with varying degrees of pre-existing educational engagement; disadvantaged learners; 'young offenders' in custody (18-24): & occasionally 'young persons' in custody (16-17).
The services will include delivery of a varied curriculum of learning & skills in prisons; learning needs screening of persons following admission to custody; specialist screening (e.g. dyslexia) where required; & working with SPS to ensure progress against the SPS Development & Learning Strategy.
The SPS has developed the next generation of its Development & Learning Strategy, "Learning for a Better Future" replacing both existing Learning & Skills Strategy (2016-2021) and Employability Strategy (2017-2022). The project team has aimed to create a single strategy which aligns with the Objectives and Principles set out in the current SPS Corporate Plan (2023-28).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 75121000, 80000000, 80300000, 80490000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The SPS commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. The procurement followed the Restricted Procedure utilising the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation procurement route.
Following publication of...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 008473-2025-02053-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **PeoplePlus Group Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05722765`
  - Value: £36,400,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 014702-2024-SPS-02053-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 008473-2025-02053-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £36,400,000
  - Signed Date: 21/02/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008473-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-10T11:06:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:07:38.957Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-041799