Notice Information
Notice Title
DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS
Notice Description
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.
Lot Information
Lot 1
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.
Options: 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.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c8e9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021822-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
-
- CPV Codes
75231230 - Prison services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 3 Feb 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- THE NORTHERN IRELAND PRISON SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT3 9ED
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Sydenham
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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