Official UK procurement notice
DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS
Authority: Northern Ireland Prison Service (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDoJ 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.
CPV: Prison services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£3,500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60%
- Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60
- Quantitative Criteria: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Dec 2024, 16:41 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
- Authority reference
ID5340795- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021822- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c8e9Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the. unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Neither CPD nor the Northern Ireland Prison Service can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The. estimated contract values are broad estimates only; they include additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof.. The estimates are not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will. be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that. stated. Contract monitoring: the successful Contractor(s). performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It. means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a Contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they. will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the. matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to.. satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave professional misconduct and they may be issued. with a notice of written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance, and this contract may be terminated. The issue of a notice of. written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance will result in the Contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions. being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a. period of up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice. The Authority expressly reserves the rights: (i) not to award any contract as. a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content. and structure of the tendering competition; (iii) to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the services covered by this notice; and. (iv) to award contract(s) in stages. And under no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by Candidates..
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
3 Feb 2025 → 15 May 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline3 Feb 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 May 2025- Status changed to complete15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
- Buyer details updated15 May 2025, 15:01 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld for security reasonsContract | £3,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Withheld for security reasons
- Signed
- 15 May 2025
- Value
- £3,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- withheld for security reasonsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.