Notice Information
Notice Title
SPS-02206 Scottish Court Custody and Prisoner Escort Service (Re-tender)
Notice Description
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) is the 'lead' authority in terms of managing the Scottish Court Custody and Prisoner Escort Service (SCCPES) contract on behalf of the Scottish Government, led by the Criminal Justice Partners (including the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Services and Police Scotland). SPS will be seeking a service provider to deliver the full requirements of the SCCPES contract which covers all prisoner escorts in Scotland, including court movements, police custody unit movements, hospital appointments, inter-prison transfers, community work placements and transportation for home leave, together with court custody operations. In addition, there are a number of secure movements from police stations and prisons elsewhere in the UK to Scotland and vice versa. The service provider will also provide hospital watch escorts for those prisoners admitted to hospital. In 2023/24 there were approximately 37,000 secure and community movements transporting over 125,000 individuals under the contract. In addition, the service provider will require to have robust data collection systems and reporting tools to support the delivery of the contract and to measure performance.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The SPS has commenced this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. It is expected that the SPS will follow the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) but this has yet to be finalised. Following publication of the Contract Notice, tender documentation will be published by SPS and be made available to bidders. Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the published tender documents.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0483f5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022949-2024
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
75231220 - Prisoner-escort services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Jul 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Jan 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SCOTTISH PRISON SERVICE
- Additional Buyers
CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE
SCOTTISH COURTS AND TRIBUNALS SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Gavin Weetman
- Contact Email
- avin.weetman@prisons.gov.scot, gavin.weetman@prisons.gov.scot, procurement@scotcourts.gov.uk, procurementreturns@copfs.gov.uk, procurementtenders@scotland.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1313303771, +44 1314443300, +44 1786895668, +44 3000203000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EDINBURGH
- Postcode
- EH12 9DJ
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM Scotland
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Leith
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Further Information
Notice URLs
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