# Prison Operator Services - HMP Dovegate

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Justice](/buyers/ministry-of-justice/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Serco Ltd](/contract-winners/serco/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £447,000,000
- Tender value: £447,000,000
- Award date: 17 November 2025
- Published: 13 February 2026
- Contract start: 28 November 2025
- Contract end: 8 July 2036
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a737fdae-72f6-4d93-a68c-069ed8acd28c-883731
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f281dd7d-b33e-424d-ac6c-2fd12d01bb3e

## Description

This Contract is for the delivery of both custodial and maintenance services as part of the operation of HMP Dovegate\. The award of this Contract for prison operator services for HMP Dovegate, was completed under the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contract Regulations \(2015\)\. HMP Dovegate is a male Category B Reception, Training, Resettlement prison for over 18-year-olds located near Uttoxeter in Staffordshire\. Accommodation at the prison is divided into the main prison \(960 places\) and the Democratic Therapeutic Community \(200 places\)\. In 2009 the addition of a further accommodation block and other facilities, saw the prison capacity increase to a maximum of 1,160 places\. Prison Operator Contracts cover delivery of all operational custodial services \(including but not limited to education, rehabilitation, training, work, security, resettlement\) and FM services \(hard and soft\) that are required for a prison to hold prisoners, both safely and securely, while providing transformative services that reduce reoffending and maintain the prison to a high standard\. The Authority has procured contracts for the operation of prisons to the private sector since the early 1990s and has long advocated a shared approach to prison operation that includes a mix of public, voluntary and private sector involvement\. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a safe, decent, secure operating model and regime that specifically meets the needs of the cohort whilst providing a platform for prisoners to tackle the causes of their offending, and a better, more supportive environment for staff and prisoners to work and live in\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a737fdae-72f6-4d93-a68c-069ed8acd28c-883731)