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Ministry of Justice: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities
Ministry of Justice has published 898 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 23 Oct 2023, worth £10,289m in total as published. Most of its spending is on education & training, it services, construction works. Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.
What Ministry of Justice buys
Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 23 Oct 2023 to 22 Oct 2026.
| Category | CPV | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education & training | 80000000 | 196 | £56.4m |
| IT services | 72000000 | 163 | £1,344m |
| Construction works | 45000000 | 96 | £2,687m |
| Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin) | 79000000 | 74 | £351m |
| Public administration services | 75000000 | 55 | £2,049m |
| R&D | 73000000 | 48 | £23.9m |
| Architecture & engineering | 71000000 | 33 | £711m |
| Office & IT equipment | 30000000 | 28 | £123m |
| Postal & telecoms services | 64000000 | 27 | £377m |
| Software | 48000000 | 23 | £60.5m |
| Most used CPV codes | Notices |
|---|---|
80000000 Education and training services | 190 |
45216113 Prison building construction work | 57 |
72267000 Software maintenance and repair services | 54 |
73110000 Research services | 43 |
75231240 Probation services | 33 |
64200000 Telecommunications services | 24 |
72261000 Software support services | 24 |
45000000 Construction work | 22 |
72222300 Information technology services | 21 |
79315000 Social research services | 19 |
Recent contract awards
The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.
Top suppliers to Ministry of Justice
Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 23 Oct 2023. 50% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
| Supplier | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Wates Construction Limited | 30 | £451m |
| Galliford Try Construction Ltd | 21 | £800m |
| British Telecommunications PLC | 13 | £115m |
| Version 1 Solutions Limited | 12 | £45.5m |
| Kier Construction Ltd | 11 | £492m |
| PeoplePlus Group Ltd | 10 | £299m |
| Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd | 9 | £1.7m |
| Ingeus Limited | 8 | £103m |
| ZK Analytics Ltd | 8 | £539k |
| ISG Construction Ltd | 7 | £94.1m |
Contracts ending in the next 12 months
176 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.
Upcoming and open opportunities
Open tenders and planned procurements (pipeline and preliminary market engagement notices) published by Ministry of Justice. Always read the official notice for documents and how to bid.
| Type | Opportunity | Deadline or date | Est. value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned procurement | Lancaster Farms - Therapeutic Community Plus Service | 21 Sept 2026 | £333k |
| Planned procurement | HMCTS Legacy Archive Recovery and Digitisation | 25 Sept 2026 | £0 |
| Planned procurement | Immigration Appeals Reports 2027 | 12 Oct 2026 | £252k |
| Planned procurement | Static and Dynamic Non-Residential Intervention Service (OPD) - HMP Low Newton | 19 Oct 2026 | £3.1m |
| Planned procurement | Tribunal Clerking | 22 Oct 2026 | £1.8m |
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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.
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Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to Ministry of Justice.