Buyer profile · Central government
Ministry of Justice tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 27
- About one every 14 days
- Contracts awarded
- 226
- To 194 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.17bn
- 207 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £40k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 7 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £350kestimated
- £250kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- £333kestimated
- £1.9mframework ceiling
- £46.2mestimated
- £26mframework ceiling
- £950kestimated
- £1.61mestimated
- £1.8mestimated
- Value not stated
- £8.25mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)18%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)10%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)38%
- Direct award (no competition)33%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Ministry of Justice has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 77% of central government buyers
- Based on 23 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 18%
- Lower than 67% of central government buyers
- Based on 242 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 63%
- Higher than 70% of central government buyers
- Based on 259 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 3
- Fewer than 54% of central government buyers
- Based on 37 awards
- Split into lots
- 15%
- Higher than 66% of central government buyers
- Based on 27 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 33%
- Lower than 64% of central government buyers
- Based on 242 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Higher than 65% of central government buyers
- Based on 27 tenders
Compared with other central government buyers
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 4 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 5 |
| 2–4 bids | 29 |
| 4–6 bids | 16 |
| 6–8 bids | 8 |
| 8–10 bids | 4 |
| 10–12 bids | 3 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 0 |
| 16–18 bids | 2 |
| 18–20 bids | 0 |
| 20+ bids | 1 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 26 |
| 10–20% | 23 |
| 20–30% | 20 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 12 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 2 |
| 70–80% | 11 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 19 |
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 8 |
| 20–30% | 11 |
| 30–40% | 17 |
| 40–50% | 22 |
| 50–60% | 25 |
| 60–70% | 18 |
| 70–80% | 17 |
| 80–90% | 8 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Ministry of Justice.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security services for the Nottingham Inquiry | Gifford Owen Ltd | £107k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Manufacture of Curtains for Prison Industries | Fashion-Enter Ltd | £111k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| UK7 - Contract Details Notice - NW - Contract - IOM Dependency, Recovery & Resettlement Support - 26/27 | Change Grow Live | £37k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Coventry Heat Network – Project Agreement | Coventry District Energy Company Ltd | £1.43m | 9 Oct 2026 |
| Pharmacy Fit Out | Stirling Medical & Scientific Ltd | £36k | 31 Oct 2026 |
| UK7 - Contract Details Notice - Everyone Loves Music – Bedfordshire | Everybody Loves Music CIC | £12k | 21 Dec 2026 |
| MBT-ASPD Training | Anna Freud/UCL/SLaM | £36k | 22 Dec 2026 |