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Published 29 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) Immigration Removal Centre.

Official notice

Authority: Secretary of State for the Home Department (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£166,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 4 Jun 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Mitie Care & Custody Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) Immigration Removal Centre.

CPV: Accommodation cleaning services · Accommodation management services · Accommodation services · Building and facilities management services · Canteen and catering services · Education and training services · Landscaping work · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Religious services · Security services · Special-purpose road passenger-transport services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Authority is responsible under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration and…Awarded

The Authority is responsible under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for the detaining and/or enforcing the removal of certain persons (Detainees), being persons detained under the Acts and assigned by the Authority to an Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) from the United Kingdom (UK).

At any one time, approximately 3,400 Detainees are held overnight in one of seven IRCs, two residential Short-Term Holding Facilities, Pre-Departure Accommodation (PDA), prisons and police stations across the UK. In addition, persons can be detained for shorter periods of time in Short Term Holding Facilities (Rooms) at Reporting Centres, air and seaports, including locations overseas at the juxtaposed controls in Calais and Coquelles.

The Authority sought a commercial partner to provide services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) IRC. Services at the IRC include (but are not limited to): Overall management of the IRC; Security and Guarding services; Safeguarding and welfare; Well-being and cleaning; Local escorting and hospital bed watches; Recreational, Sporting and Educational facilities; Catering and Shop Services; Religious and welfare facilities; Provision of furniture and equipment; and Facilities Management and Cleaning Services; and Landscaping services.

This procurement was undertaken using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication under regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCRS) due to extreme urgency, resulting from the unexpected closure of Morton Hall IRC.

This urgent requirement was created by the Ministry of Justice giving notice that they would be closing Morton Hall IRC. The closure could not be delayed by the Ministry of Justice due to an urgent need for prison beds, nor could the loss of the Morton Hall IRC detention beds be accommodated by the Home Office.

To address this urgent need a search for an alternative site was commissioned, which resulted in the Home Office purchasing the Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) site. This site needed extensive refurbishment, which left insufficient time to conduct a procurement under regulations 27 to 30 of the PCRs and fitout and mobilise the new site for commencement of IRC services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside).

Under regulation 32(2)(c), publication of a formal Contract Notice to commence a procurement is not required, and a contracting authority can negotiate directly with a chosen supplier. Incumbent IRC suppliers were invited to submit short high level proposals to identify which supplier might be negotiated with, to provide the solution for Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) IRC.

This Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) IRC contract is a short-term 2-year contract (+ 3 month extension option), required as an immediate mitigation to the loss of Morton Hall IRC. This contract covers the minimum time period required to procure and mobilise a longer term solution for Derwentside.

A Prior Information Notice was issued on 5/2/2021 on Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk) for the replacement longer term contract. (Publication Reference : 2021/S 000-002422). It is anticipated that a contract notice for the replacement longer term contract might be published on 20/7/2021.

Delivery: UK

45112700 Landscaping work 55500000 Canteen and catering services 60130000 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services 79710000 Security services 79993000 Building and facilities management services 80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 29 Jun 2021, 22:45 BST
Last source update: 5 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-024836
Classification (CPV): Accommodation cleaning servicesAccommodation management servicesAccommodation servicesBuilding and facilities management servicesCanteen and catering servicesEducation and training servicesLandscaping workRecreational, cultural and sporting servicesReligious servicesSecurity services
+1 more
Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c1a2 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification: This procurement was undertaken using the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication under regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCRS) due to extreme urgency, resulting from the unexpected closure of Morton Hall IRC.
This urgent requirement was created by the Ministry of Justice giving notice that they would be closing Morton Hall IRC. The closure could not be delayed by the Ministry of Justice due to an urgent need for prison beds, nor could the loss of the Morton Hall IRC detention beds be accommodated by the Home Office.
To address this urgent need a search for an alternative site was commissioned, which resulted in the Home Office purchasing the Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) site. This site needed extensive refurbishment, which left insufficient time to conduct a procurement under regulations 27 to 30 of the PCRs and fitout and mobilise the new site for commencement of IRC services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside).
Under regulation 32(2)(c), publication of a formal Contract Notice to commence a procurement is not required, and a contracting authority can negotiate directly with a chosen supplier. Incumbent IRC suppliers were invited to submit short high level proposals to identify which supplier might be negotiated with, to provide the solution for Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) IRC.

Publisher note: Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication under regulation 32 (2) (c) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. £16.6m whole life costs, including passthrough costs, indexation estimate, and 3 months optional extension.

Notice history

2 releases on Find a Tender

Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	TextV.2.4	Total value of the contract/lot: £166,000,000	Total value of the contract/lot: £16,600,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £166,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 2

Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jun 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Mitie Care & Custody Ltd	£166,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Hassockfield (now known as Derwentside) Immigration Removal Centre · Mitie Care & Custody Ltd
Signed
4 Jun 2021
Value
£166,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
2bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsPublic order and safety Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London, UK, SW1P 4DFContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

N/AReview body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Mitie Care & Custody LimitedAwarded supplier The Shard, Level 12, 32 London Bridge Street, London, UK, SE1 9SG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.