Official UK procurement notice
Minor Works - Dynamic Purchasing System
Authority: Ministry of Justice (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Ministry of Justice (MoJ) (the "Authority") seeks to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System for Minor Works (MWDPS) and is inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors. The contract will cover construction, maintenance and repair works to the MoJ estate. In the main, this includes prison establishments but may also include courts, tribunals, Home Office controlled and corporate buildings.
The MWDPS will also be made available for use by Gov. Facility Services Limited (a MoJ wholly owned company) to source subcontractors to support its maintenance and project activities.
Call-off contracts let under the MWDPS will have a maximum contract value of £1,000,000 GBP, however we expect the majority of projects to have a contract value of <£500,000 GBP.
The procurement will be undertaken in accordance with Regulation 34 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
The MWDPS will operate across England, Wales and Scotland and is divided into four (4) headline Lots:-
- FM Maintenance Services
- Project & Construction Works
- System/Asset Procurement & Installation
- Specialist/Miscellaneous Requirements
There is a desire to attract a broad range of Contractors to be part of the MWDPS. The number of Contractors appointed to the MWDPS is unlimited.
The MWDPS will initially be in operation for Four (4) years with an option to extend for a further two (2), two (2) year terms, at the sole discretion of the Authority, making a total of eight (8) years. However, the duration may be varied (reduced or extended) in line with emerging business needs.
The estimated spend for the first 4 years of the MWDPS is £296,000,000 GBP (£74,000,000 GPB per annum made up of £64,000,000 GBP per annum for project work and £10,000,000 per annum for maintenance related activity).
The MWDPS, in itself, is not a works contract. Call Off Competitions will be held under the MWDPS for specific Projects or maintenance contracts. The proposed terms and conditions to be used for the Call Off Contracts are the NEC: Engineering & Construction Short Contract for Project Work and the NEC Term Services Contract for maintenance work, however consideration is also being given to a bespoke set of terms and conditions for straightforward or very low value works.
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How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the UK…Published value£590,000,000
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the UK justice system. The MoJ is responsible for everything that goes into running the UK’s criminal and civil justice systems. This includes 500 courts and tribunals and 121 prisons.
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is a division within the MoJ that is responsible for the prison estate. The establishment of a Minor Works Dynamic Purchasing System (MWDPS) will, in the main, be used for works on the prison estate, providing an alternative route to market in relation to construction project work plus some maintenance and resultant remedial small scope high impact works under £1,000,000 GBP.
The MWDPS may be used for any repairing obligations managed by the MoJ (Courts, Tribunals, HQ and some Home Office buildings).
Gov Facility Services Limited is responsible for the total facilities management of 48 prisons across the South of England and will use the MWDPS to source Subcontractors.
The MWDPS platform for vetting contractors will be hosted and managed by Constructionline. To apply for a place on the MWDPS a Contractor will need to:
- apply for a Constructionline membership. An Associate membership is free of charge and can be accessed through the following link www.constructionline.co.uk/products-services/me… ↗
- register for the DPS using this link www.constructionline.co.uk/buyers/public-sector… ↗
Any suitable future requirements identified shall be advertised and competed through the Minor Works Dynamic Purchasing System. Interested parties should therefore seek to qualify onto the MWDPS.
The MoJ is committed to supporting the Government's drive to open competition and increase opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Contractors. The MoJ would encourage all SMEs who are interested in participating in this procurement to register their interest.
The noted 5 Lots are further divided into work Categories, which are detailed within the tender documents. A Contractor may apply for more than one Category and select their area of operation.
Individual call off project durations may be as short as 2 weeks but could be as long as 9 months. Maintenance contracts may be let for in excess of one year.
The MoJ reserves the right not to commence any formal procurement process, discontinue any procurement it commences, reject all or any of the bids for the competition and not to award any contracts. The MoJ reserves the right (in its absolute discretion) to amend the information stated in this Notice at the time of issue of any further notice(s) or at any time, without any liability on its part Additional information: Tender documentation issued by government departments for contracts exceeding £10,000 GBP over the life of the contract are published online at www.gov.uk/contracts-finder ↗. Any contracts awarded as a result of this procurement will be published on this website, subject to the statutory grounds for redaction as set out in the FOI Act 2000.
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- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
- “Minor Works - Dynamic Purchasing System” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Ministry of Justice buys Construction work (CPV 45), and who usually turns up
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Half of these awards were announced within 37 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid8%
2–328%
4–620%
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Lot #1The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is a major government department, at the heart of the UK…Published estimate£590m
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £30k2 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £33k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| £64k1 awards in 36m · last 9 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| £28k1 awards in 36m · last 14 months ago | 1 live · £28k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
| 1 awards in 36m · last 30 months ago | None on file | no comparable pairs | |
| — | None on file | no comparable pairs |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 May 2021, 22:55 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2024, 09:15 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012092- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ad95Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 7 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Jun 2021 → 7 Sept 2029 · 3 dates- Next notice expected7 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published15 Apr 2024, 09:15 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Sept 2021- Published value updated to £590,000,0009 Sept 2021, 22:45 BSTwas £500,000,000
- Status changed to active9 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Procurement method changed9 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST9 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
- Buyer details updated8 Apr 2024, 08:54 BST
Published amendments (2 · 0 deadline changes)
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2 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-05: 1 release · 5 May 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria