Prison services (№2837308)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      Ministry of Justice
      102 Petty France
      London
      SW1H 9AJ
      United Kingdom
      Telephone: +44 02033343555
      E-mail: [email protected]
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
      
   3. Main activity:
      General public services
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         Contract for the Provision of Employment Positions for Prisoners at HMP Berwyn.

         
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         75231230
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         The contract is with the Ministry of Justice operating through the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) for the management, sourcing and delivery of 520 employment positions for prisoners within Workshops at HMP Berwyn.

         
         
      5. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: no
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 14 900 000.00 GBP
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         
         
      3. Place of performance:
         
      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         The contract is with the Ministry of Justice operating through the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). The services to be provided are for the management, sourcing and delivery of 520 employment positions for prisoners as part of the contractor"s and its subcontractors" own economic operations. The employment positions will be delivered in four workshops (including 2 mezzanine areas) inside HMP Berwyn in North Wales. HMP Berwyn opened in February 2017 and is the largest prison in England and Wales and is the second largest prison in Europe. The contractor will provide commercially operated workshops which offer similar working conditions to those outside of the custodial environment and through which prisoners will obtain employability skills.

         
         
      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: MEAT
         Quality criterion - Name: Price and Weighting / Weighting: MEAT
         Price - Weighting: Per Quality Point
         
      6. Information about options:
         Options: yesDescription of options:

         The contract is for an initial 5-year term with options to extend for 2 further years and a further exceptional extension option for up to 1 year which can be exercised irrespective of whether the other extension option has been exercised.

         
         
      7. Information about European Union funds:
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
      8. Additional information:
         
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         Competitive dialogue
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2016/S 058-097920
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
4. Section V
   1. Contract No: 1
      Title:

      Provision of Employment Positions for Prisoners at HMP Berwyn

      
      
   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2017-08-31
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 6
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
         The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         Interserve Investments Limited
         Interserve House, Ruscombe Park, Twyford
         Reading
         United Kingdom
         The contractor is an SME: no
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 20 000 000.00 GBP
         Total value of the contract/lot: 14 900 000.00 GBP
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      

      The value of the contract is estimated to be 14 900 000 GBP over the maximum term of 8 years — the minimum term being 5 years with options to extend for 2 further years and a further exceptional extension option or up to 1 year which can be exercised irrespective of whether the other extension option has been exercised.

      Although the competition was run using the Light Touch Regime, a period of time equivalent to that required for a standstill period under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 was observed.

      No further contracts shall be awarded during the period covered by the prior information notice posted on 21.3.2016.

      
      
   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         High Court of England and Wales
         Royal Court of Justice, Strand
         London
         Wc2A 2LL
         United Kingdom
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         

         Any challenges must be brought within the timescales specified by applicable law, including but not limited to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

         
         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2017-09-29