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Screening and Assessment Lot 2 Reading Paper Tool Contingency

Ministry of Justice · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 09:56.

Opportunity overview

A paper based assessment tool for accurately measuring the decoding ability of prisoners, supporting targeted literacy interventions and contributing to educational planning and rehabilitation efforts. Objectives: • Provide a standardised and reliable measure of prisoners’ decoding ability • Enable prison staff and education teams to identify literacy needs quickly and effectively • Support rehabilitation pathways and progression in English provision within prisons • Produce consistent, comparable data that can be aggregated at establishment and system level

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Powell Phonics Ltd

Match pending…
Published award value
£49.2k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Location
Northampton,, UKF24, NN4 7SL, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
prj_14329
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Under the new Prison Education Services (PES), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is required to provide a digital platform for the Screening and Assessment (S&A) of prisoners in functional skills, reading, and additional learning needs. However, following two recent unsuccessful procurement exercises for the reading element, the Authority is currently unable to fulfil this obligation. As an interim measure, a paper-based solution will be implemented for reading-related screening and assessments. The evaluation tool to be provided is via sites licensed on an individual site license basis based upon the number of prisoners having assessments undertaken within a set period. The contracting authority (MoJ) is invoking the single-supplier direct award provisions under paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023: • paragraph 5 (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works This justification also applies due to: • The MoJ does not have any express rights to transfer or licence the intellectual property rights to any other supplier • No reasonable alternatives

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights
Entry 2
Id
userChoice

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDNN-2773-HVYN
Name
Ministry of Justice

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1H 9AJ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
102 Petty France

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government

Identifier

Id
PDNN-2773-HVYN
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Screening and Assessment Lot 2 Reading Paper Tool
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-161775
Name
Powell Phonics Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKF24
Country
GB
Locality
Northampton,
Postal Code
NN4 7SL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
2 Pavilion Court, 600 Pavilion Drive,

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
PES Screening and Assessment - Lot 2 Reading Tool - Paper Based
Status
pending
Has Options
Yes
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
80400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Adult and other education services

Value

Amount
49,238
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
59,086

Options

Description
The provision of Training and Development activities is priced at a day rate. These are optional activities and will be commissioned on a project basis, no volumes for these activities are assured.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
059131-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
24 Sept 2025, 10:38

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-161775
Name
Powell Phonics Ltd

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
30 Sept 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
30 Sept 2027, 23:59
Starts
1 Oct 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1H 9AJ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05a0c0-2025-09-24T10:38:11+01:00Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·