01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Northern Ireland Prison Service
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 1 July 2026
Description
The Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) is an executive agency of the Department of Justice, Northern Ireland. The current prisoner population is 1,884 (as of 26/03/26) with Hydebank Wood College and Women’s Prison holding 55 males and 111 female prisoners, 1,246 prisoners at HMP Maghaberry Prison and 472 at HMP Magilligan Prison. This Requirement is to cover the supply of telephone equipment and/or services capable of providing a telephone system for prisoners at Maghaberry and Magilligan Prisons and Hydebank Wood Secure College and Woman’s Prison. The contract will commence upon the Award Date or a date as stimulated within the Letter of Award and it is anticipated that the solution Go Live Date will be 01 April 2027. The contract will have an initial operational core term of five years from the Go Live Date. In addition the contract will also include two optional 24-month extension periods, if required by the NIPS.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
ID 6564562 DoJ - Northern Ireland Prison Service - Prisoner Telephone System
- Awarded
- 14 October 2026
- Award value
- £6,480,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Northern Ireland Prison Service
Castle Buildings, Belfast, UKN06, BT4 3SQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PRMX-2692-MXQX‘Withheld Section94 supplier’
Withheld address line 1, Withheld, UKN06, BT3 9ED, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PBXY-3232-WNHZCPD - Supplies and Services Division
Clare House 303 Airport Road West, Belfast, UKN06, BT3 9ED, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PVWG-8426-YWXVWithheld Section94 supplier - 2nd supplier
Withheld, Withheld, UKN06, BT3 9ED, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PGYY-2165-QXNQCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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