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DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS

Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Northern Ireland Prison Service: "DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Northern Ireland Prison ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: The Northern Ireland Prison Service
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Published history for The Northern Ireland Prison Service. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 1 active published awards; 1 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Last source update15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPrison services
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04c8e9
What is being bought
DoJ NIPS - The Northern Ireland Prison Service wishes to establish a contract with a single Contractor for the provision of a range of services within the Visitors’ Centres at Maghaberry Prison, Magilligan Prison and Hydebank Wood College to meet the needs of adults and children visiting relatives and friends in Prison in Northern Ireland. The contract will run for an initial period from the date of award through to 31 March 2028 and will contain options to extend for further periods of up to and including 24 months beyond this period.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  6. Published value updated to £3,500,000
    17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
  7. Status changed to active
    17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
  8. Official notice release published
    17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
  9. Submission deadline changed to 3 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
    17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
  10. Buyer information updated
    17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    DoJ NIPS - The Northern Ireland Prison Service wishes to establish a contract with a single Contractor for the provision of a range of services within the Visitors’ Centres at Maghaberry Prison, Magilligan Prison and Hydebank Wood College to meet the needs of adults and children visiting relatives and friends in Prison in Northern Ireland. The contract will run for an initial period from the date of award through to 31 March 2028 and will contain options to extend for further periods of up to and including 24 months beyond this period. Additional information: Contract Value. The figure indicated in Section II 1.5 represents an estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation. Neither CPD nor the Authority can provideany guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Economic Operators remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Economic Operator in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise and an Economic Operator shall. have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the. Contracting Authority. Economic Operators should note that all dates, time periods and figures in relation to values and volumes specified. in this notice and the procurement documents are approximate only and the Contracting Authority reserves the right to change any or all of them.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 15 May 2025, 00:00 BST · £3,500,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
withheld for security reasons
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£3,500,000 · signed 15 May 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Northern Ireland Prison Service

Contracting authority GB-FTS-147959
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  • The Northern Ireland Prison Service
    buyer

    c/c CPD Clare House303 Airport Road West, BELFAST, UK, BT3 9ED
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  • withheld for security reasons
    supplier

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