Prison Operator Services Competition - HMP Rye Hill - UK4 Tender Notice

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                "description": "The Authority is pleased to confirm that it will be facilitating the second site visit to HMP Rye Hill which will be 1-1 site visits on Wednesday 20th May 2026 and Thursday 21st May 2026. The site visit will be split into two sessions on both days as follows: Morning - 10:00am-12:00pm Afternoon - 2:00pm-4:00pm The Authority can confirm that you are allowed to bring a maximum of four attendees on this visit. To ensure the site visit is as informative and productive as possible you will need to identify specific areas you would like to focus on during the visit. For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority will not accept generic requests from Suppliers to visit the whole site. Suppliers should note that there will be further opportunity to visit the site during the competition. Therefore, the Authority would be grateful if you could provide specific detail/ explanation of the areas you wish to visit. Please also confirm whether there is a session or day that they cannot attend by this deadline. For the avoidance of doubt, you are only invited to attend one session on one of the days and not multiple sessions on one or both days. The Authority will confirm which session you are invited to attend shortly after the deadline. REGISTERING ATTENDANCE AND SUPPLIER ATTENDEES To express an interest in any of the HMP Rye Hill market engagement events, suppliers should register for this procurement opportunity on the MoJ's e-procurement portal, Jaggaer, under PQQ_564 - Market Engagement for HMP Rye Hill. A link to the MoJ's e-procurement portal is below: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once a supplier has registered for this opportunity via Jaggaer, please respond via PQQ_564 - Market Engagement for HMP Rye Hill with the requested information by the deadlines specified below: * Site Visit - names, job titles and email addresses of your attendees by no later than 5PM on Thursday 14th May 2026. Please note there is a maximum of 4 attendees per organisation for this event.",
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        "title": "Prison Operator Services Competition - HMP Rye Hill - UK4 Tender Notice",
        "description": "HMP Rye Hill is a Category C training prison in the village of Willoughby, near Rugby in Warwickshire. It holds 1,122 prisoners. Operated by G4S, it opened in 2001 as a Category B prison for adult males. Under this procurement, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) (the Authority) is seeking a single operator to manage and maintain both the prison regime and the prison facilities at HMP Rye Hill. The Authority has procured contracts for the operation of prisons by the private sector since the early 1990s and continues to support a mixed economy of public, voluntary, and private sector involvement. The current contract for HMP Rye Hill will expire on 20 January 2028. Scope of Services The Prison Operator Services contract (also referred as \"prison management\" in global markets) includes: * Operational custodial services: education, rehabilitation, training, work, security and resettlement * Facilities Management (\"FM\"): both hard and soft FM services The contract is based on the Cabinet Office Model Services Contract and is designed to ensure safe, secure and transformative prison operations that reduce reoffending and maintain high standards. The Authority aims to ensure a safe and efficient transfer of services with minimal disruption to staff and prisoners, while modernising the prison to ensure it is fit for the future. Procurement Documentation Details of the procurement can be found in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documents which are structured into three volumes and are located in Ministry of Justice's e-Sourcing Portal (Jaggaer). Volume 1: Introduction, Instructions, and Procurement Process - providing instructions on the completion and submission of tenders, including indicative timelines. Volume 2: Bidder Response Criteria and Assessment Methodology - providing details of the Response Criteria Bidders are required to cover in their Bids, together with guidance on completion of Bidder responses against each criterion. This volume also provides details of the evaluation methodology by which the Bid will be evaluated and the award criteria. Volume 3: The Draft Contract - providing the draft Framework Agreement and a Model Call-Off Contract, that will form the basis of Prison Operator Services delivery for any Mini-Competition run in accordance with the Call-Off Procedure. Contract Duration The anticipated contract duration is 12 years from the operational services commencement date with: - An option to extend by up to 3 years (1+1+1) - A break clause 6 years from the Service Commencement Date",
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                    "weightingDescription": "Quality criteria for this evaluation is set out in the ITT documentation under Section 5 of Volume 2 Volume 2 Table 3 (paragraph 5.31), contains the weighting given to each criterion",
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                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1a) Safety",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a safe regime and environment at HMP Rye Hill for all those who live and work there."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1.b) Decency & Prison Culture",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a clean, decent and positive environment for all those who live and work there. This must include how rehabilitative relationships will be fostered in support of reducing risk of harm and risk of reoffending in custody and on release."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1c) Security",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a secure environment and secure ways of working including physical, procedural and dynamic security approaches."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2a) Health, Wellbeing and Drug and Alcohol Misuse",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver services and physical environment that will improve health inequalities, the mental and physical health and wellbeing of prisoners and tackle drug and alcohol misuse and dependency by: * Facilitating a comprehensive healthcare provision commissioned by NHS England (or successor commissioning body) and delivered by contracted service providers in accordance with national specifications. * Enabling internal and external health appointments and internal wellbeing activities. * Providing wellbeing services that are complementary to those provided via NHS commissioning. * Enabling addiction recovery support services that are complementary to those provided via NHS commissioning. * Supporting the integration of physical education and catering services into health and wellbeing delivery."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2b) Approach to Regime & Purposeful Activity (incl. Education, Skills and Work)",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a regime for HMP Rye Hill that meaningfully engages prisoners and meets their risk, need and responsivity requirements through the provision of Tier 1 and 2 Purposeful Activity Offer across the Prison. As part of the detailed solution, the Bidder must demonstrate effective: * Prisoner education services, including the core education services, library services, CIAG (Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance) services; * Provision of skills and work opportunities to prisoners to maximise successful resettlement and employment upon release; * Enhancement of inter-personal, social or life skills."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2c) Reducing Reoffending",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a service that will deliver and improve rehabilitative outcomes for prisoners, reducing both their risk of reoffending and risk of harm in custody and on release. The bidder must * Design, deliver, monitor, review and refine their rehabilitative activity offer to provide the best possible outcomes for prisoners in line with the most recent evidence-based research."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2d) Transfer, Release & Resettlement",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to outline a detailed solution for preparing prisoners for resettlement, release, or transfer and how they will work with other establishments, Probation Service, HMCTS (His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Services) and OSPs to ensure continuity of care and services and continued sentence progression post-transfer/release."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.3a) Diversity, Equality and Inclusion",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a solution which ensures consideration of all groups (prisoners and staff) with specialist needs, what specific approaches they will take to meet those needs, and how they will ensure equality of access and outcomes through a range of activities, including staff recruitment and training, delivery of DEI events and monitoring and actioning of inequality trends."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.3b) Digital Solution",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a solution which safely utilises digital solutions to support the rehabilitation and positive outcomes for Prisoners."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "2a) Core Day, Heatmap, Profiles and Staff Roles/Headcount",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how it will design and deliver a planned resource model that will provide consistent, resilient Safe, Decent and Secure Operating Levels (SDSOL) at all times and will deliver the services and regime in full and as planned (with no curtailment)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "2b) Resource Management & 'Business as Usual' Staff Management Approach",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how it will design and deliver effective and responsive resource management in the live environment to ensure that a safe, decent and secure operating levels will be maintained, and the regime and services be delivered."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3a) Employment and training for those who face barriers to employment",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver specific, measurable and time-bound commitments that it will make to ensure that the contract creates employment and training opportunities for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3b) Workforce Health & Wellbeing",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver specific, measurable, and time-bound commitments that its organisation will make to ensure that opportunities under the Contract deliver the following policy outcomes: 1) Improve health and wellbeing. 2) Demonstrate action to support health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health in the Contract workforce."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3c) Additional Measurable Benefits",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide its specific, measurable and time-bound commitments that are in addition to those required by the Contract, and that will deliver benefits over and above those which results from delivery of the Contract. Those benefits must meaningfully contribute to the delivery of, at least one, of the HMPPS Business Strategy outcomes of: * Protecting the public * Reducing reoffending * Decent and safe prisons (which may include improving the experience of prisoners in custody)"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4a) Maintenance Services",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver an effective property and facilities management service, covering 24/7 365 days a year, that ensures the prison property and environment is safe, decent and secure and that prison places and service delivery are able to be delivered. They must demonstrate compliance with health, safety and fire safety legislation and other statutory and mandatory requirements."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4b) Lifecycle Replacement Services",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver an effective lifecycle replacement programme for HMP Rye Hill, including how assets, when renewed, will be brought up to the required contractual standards and the dates associated with these changes."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4c) FM Resource",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a comprehensive resourcing approach to deliver its Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance Services, including its approach to the use of sub-contractors."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "5a) Sustainability",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver and manage services at HMP Rye Hill with due regard for the environment."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "6a) Mobilisation & Transition",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver its approach to the successful mobilisation (from Commencement Date (CD) up to and inclusive of Services Commencement Date (SCD) and Transition periods (6 months following SCD) of HMP Rye Hill, (as outlined in Schedule 5 Mobilisation, Transition, and Transformation and the Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation (MTT) Blueprint)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "6b) Transformation",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver the efficient, and effective transformation of Prison Operator Services at HMP Rye Hill. The transformation approach must ensure safety, decency and security throughout the life of the contract. (as outlined in Schedule 5 Mobilisation, Transition, and Transformation and the Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation (MTT) Blueprint)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1a) Third Party Contracts",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Utilities. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Food Services. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Retail. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Staff Uniforms. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Secure Social Video Calling. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Control and Restraint Equipment. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Cleaning and Hygiene Equipment. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Mandatory Drug Testing. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual requirements for Catering"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1b) Completed Schedules",
                            "description": "Each Bidder is required to provide details on completed schedules."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1c) Parent Company Guarantee",
                            "description": "Each Bidder is required to provide information for their (and any SPV or Consortium members') ultimate parent company in connection with the provision of a parent company guarantee in the form provided in Schedule 23 (Parent Company Guarantee). Bidders must provide the requested information in a separate document and must not provide the requested information in Schedule 23 (Parent Company Guarantee) itself. If a Bidder cannot provide a Parent Company Guarantee in their bid submission, they must raise a Clarification Question to the Authority to ascertain whether other forms of financial guarantee are acceptable."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1d) Consortium and Supply Chain Matters",
                            "description": "The Bidder must provide all relevant information concerning the way in which the Services will be provided including but not limited to full details of any consortium, Special Purpose Vehicle and sub-contracting arrangements intended to be used."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1e) Insurance",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to complete and return the table in Annex V of Volume 2 of this Invitation."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1f) Risk Management",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a risk management plan which clearly articulates the Bidder's approach to risk management."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1g) Data Storage Outside the UK",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide confirmation of compliance with the data storage requirements of the Contract."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1h) Commercial Transparency of AI Use",
                            "description": "In accordance with PPN 017 (Improving Transparency of AI Use in Procurement), the Bidder must detail whether they have used AI to develop any part of their Tender for this Competition."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2a) Fixed Price Confirmation",
                            "description": "The Bidder should confirm that its Bid Price (NPC of Price per Prisoner Place) represents a fixed price and that there will be no changes to this price during the Preferred Bidder Stage unless there is a change in Authority requirement."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2b) Payment Mechanism",
                            "description": "The Bidder should confirm that its acceptance of the full body of the Schedule 14 (Payment Mechanism). For the avoidance of doubt, this includes acceptance of the proposed Permitted Level of Contractor Doubled-Up Prisoners for a specific day and the Lifecycle Reserve Account surplus sharing position."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2c) Tax and Accounting",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to satisfy itself generally as to its own tax position under existing tax legislation."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2d) Lifecycle Reserve Account",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to set up a Lifecycle Reserve Account prior to the Services Commencement Date."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3a) Financial Robustness Test 1",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to bid back the Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment for each RRAPP Band as set out in rows 36-88 of the \"6. Schedule 14\" tab in the FRT. The Authority acknowledges that this amount could be positive or negative when averaging out all the bands. The formula below assumes a scenario that the most economically advantageous scenario for the Authority is the Lowest Average Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment. However, the Authority reserves the right to amend the evaluation formula if one or more Bidders bid back an Average Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3b) Financial Robustness Test 2",
                            "description": "The Daily Total APP Payment for each APP Band as set out in rows 93-100 of the \"6. Schedule 14\" tab in the FRT."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3c) Financial Robustness Test 3",
                            "description": "Reasonableness of Cost Assumptions - The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how its financial proposals will ensure delivery of the Contract throughout its life by ensuring the costs are robust, sustainable, logical and consistent"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1a) Safety",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a safe regime and environment at HMP Rye Hill for all those who live and work there."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1.b) Decency & Prison Culture",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a clean, decent and positive environment for all those who live and work there. This must include how rehabilitative relationships will be fostered in support of reducing risk of harm and risk of reoffending in custody and on release."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.1c) Security",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a secure environment and secure ways of working including physical, procedural and dynamic security approaches."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2a) Health, Wellbeing and Drug and Alcohol Misuse",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver services and physical environment that will improve health inequalities, the mental and physical health and wellbeing of prisoners and tackle drug and alcohol misuse and dependency by: * Facilitating a comprehensive healthcare provision commissioned by NHS England (or successor commissioning body) and delivered by contracted service providers in accordance with national specifications. * Enabling internal and external health appointments and internal wellbeing activities. * Providing wellbeing services that are complementary to those provided via NHS commissioning. * Enabling addiction recovery support services that are complementary to those provided via NHS commissioning. * Supporting the integration of physical education and catering services into health and wellbeing delivery."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2b) Approach to Regime & Purposeful Activity (incl. Education, Skills and Work)",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a regime for HMP Rye Hill that meaningfully engages prisoners and meets their risk, need and responsivity requirements through the provision of Tier 1 and 2 Purposeful Activity Offer across the Prison. As part of the detailed solution, the Bidder must demonstrate effective: * Prisoner education services, including the core education services, library services, CIAG (Careers, Information, Advice and Guidance) services; * Provision of skills and work opportunities to prisoners to maximise successful resettlement and employment upon release; * Enhancement of inter-personal, social or life skills."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2c) Reducing Reoffending",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a service that will deliver and improve rehabilitative outcomes for prisoners, reducing both their risk of reoffending and risk of harm in custody and on release. The bidder must * Design, deliver, monitor, review and refine their rehabilitative activity offer to provide the best possible outcomes for prisoners in line with the most recent evidence-based research."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.2d) Transfer, Release & Resettlement",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to outline a detailed solution for preparing prisoners for resettlement, release, or transfer and how they will work with other establishments, Probation Service, HMCTS (His Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Services) and OSPs to ensure continuity of care and services and continued sentence progression post-transfer/release."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.3a) Diversity, Equality and Inclusion",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a solution which ensures consideration of all groups (prisoners and staff) with specialist needs, what specific approaches they will take to meet those needs, and how they will ensure equality of access and outcomes through a range of activities, including staff recruitment and training, delivery of DEI events and monitoring and actioning of inequality trends."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "1.3b) Digital Solution",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to deliver a solution which safely utilises digital solutions to support the rehabilitation and positive outcomes for Prisoners."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "2a) Core Day, Heatmap, Profiles and Staff Roles/Headcount",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how it will design and deliver a planned resource model that will provide consistent, resilient Safe, Decent and Secure Operating Levels (SDSOL) at all times and will deliver the services and regime in full and as planned (with no curtailment)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "2b) Resource Management & 'Business as Usual' Staff Management Approach",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how it will design and deliver effective and responsive resource management in the live environment to ensure that a safe, decent and secure operating levels will be maintained, and the regime and services be delivered."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3a) Employment and training for those who face barriers to employment",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver specific, measurable and time-bound commitments that it will make to ensure that the contract creates employment and training opportunities for those who face barriers to employment and/or who are located in deprived areas."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3b) Workforce Health & Wellbeing",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver specific, measurable, and time-bound commitments that its organisation will make to ensure that opportunities under the Contract deliver the following policy outcomes: 1) Improve health and wellbeing. 2) Demonstrate action to support health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health in the Contract workforce."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "3c) Additional Measurable Benefits",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide its specific, measurable and time-bound commitments that are in addition to those required by the Contract, and that will deliver benefits over and above those which results from delivery of the Contract. Those benefits must meaningfully contribute to the delivery of, at least one, of the HMPPS Business Strategy outcomes of: * Protecting the public * Reducing reoffending * Decent and safe prisons (which may include improving the experience of prisoners in custody)"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4a) Maintenance Services",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver an effective property and facilities management service, covering 24/7 365 days a year, that ensures the prison property and environment is safe, decent and secure and that prison places and service delivery are able to be delivered. They must demonstrate compliance with health, safety and fire safety legislation and other statutory and mandatory requirements."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4b) Lifecycle Replacement Services",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver an effective lifecycle replacement programme for HMP Rye Hill, including how assets, when renewed, will be brought up to the required contractual standards and the dates associated with these changes."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "4c) FM Resource",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver a comprehensive resourcing approach to deliver its Planned Preventative Maintenance and Reactive Maintenance Services, including its approach to the use of sub-contractors."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "5a) Sustainability",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver and manage services at HMP Rye Hill with due regard for the environment."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "6a) Mobilisation & Transition",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver its approach to the successful mobilisation (from Commencement Date (CD) up to and inclusive of Services Commencement Date (SCD) and Transition periods (6 months following SCD) of HMP Rye Hill, (as outlined in Schedule 5 Mobilisation, Transition, and Transformation and the Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation (MTT) Blueprint)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "6b) Transformation",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to design and deliver the efficient, and effective transformation of Prison Operator Services at HMP Rye Hill. The transformation approach must ensure safety, decency and security throughout the life of the contract. (as outlined in Schedule 5 Mobilisation, Transition, and Transformation and the Mobilisation, Transition and Transformation (MTT) Blueprint)."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1a) Third Party Contracts",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Utilities. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Food Services. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Retail. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Staff Uniforms. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Secure Social Video Calling. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Control and Restraint Equipment. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Cleaning and Hygiene Equipment. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual specifications for Mandatory Drug Testing. The Bidder is required to state its compliance to Authority contractual requirements for Catering"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1b) Completed Schedules",
                            "description": "Each Bidder is required to provide details on completed schedules."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1c) Parent Company Guarantee",
                            "description": "Each Bidder is required to provide information for their (and any SPV or Consortium members') ultimate parent company in connection with the provision of a parent company guarantee in the form provided in Schedule 23 (Parent Company Guarantee). Bidders must provide the requested information in a separate document and must not provide the requested information in Schedule 23 (Parent Company Guarantee) itself. If a Bidder cannot provide a Parent Company Guarantee in their bid submission, they must raise a Clarification Question to the Authority to ascertain whether other forms of financial guarantee are acceptable."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1d) Consortium and Supply Chain Matters",
                            "description": "The Bidder must provide all relevant information concerning the way in which the Services will be provided including but not limited to full details of any consortium, Special Purpose Vehicle and sub-contracting arrangements intended to be used."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1e) Insurance",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to complete and return the table in Annex V of Volume 2 of this Invitation."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1f) Risk Management",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide a risk management plan which clearly articulates the Bidder's approach to risk management."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1g) Data Storage Outside the UK",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to provide confirmation of compliance with the data storage requirements of the Contract."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.1h) Commercial Transparency of AI Use",
                            "description": "In accordance with PPN 017 (Improving Transparency of AI Use in Procurement), the Bidder must detail whether they have used AI to develop any part of their Tender for this Competition."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2a) Fixed Price Confirmation",
                            "description": "The Bidder should confirm that its Bid Price (NPC of Price per Prisoner Place) represents a fixed price and that there will be no changes to this price during the Preferred Bidder Stage unless there is a change in Authority requirement."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2b) Payment Mechanism",
                            "description": "The Bidder should confirm that its acceptance of the full body of the Schedule 14 (Payment Mechanism). For the avoidance of doubt, this includes acceptance of the proposed Permitted Level of Contractor Doubled-Up Prisoners for a specific day and the Lifecycle Reserve Account surplus sharing position."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2c) Tax and Accounting",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to satisfy itself generally as to its own tax position under existing tax legislation."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "quality",
                            "name": "7.2d) Lifecycle Reserve Account",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to set up a Lifecycle Reserve Account prior to the Services Commencement Date."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3a) Financial Robustness Test 1",
                            "description": "The Bidder is required to bid back the Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment for each RRAPP Band as set out in rows 36-88 of the \"6. Schedule 14\" tab in the FRT. The Authority acknowledges that this amount could be positive or negative when averaging out all the bands. The formula below assumes a scenario that the most economically advantageous scenario for the Authority is the Lowest Average Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment. However, the Authority reserves the right to amend the evaluation formula if one or more Bidders bid back an Average Daily Total RRAPP Adjustment."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3b) Financial Robustness Test 2",
                            "description": "The Daily Total APP Payment for each APP Band as set out in rows 93-100 of the \"6. Schedule 14\" tab in the FRT."
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "cost",
                            "name": "7.3c) Financial Robustness Test 3",
                            "description": "Reasonableness of Cost Assumptions - The Bidder is required to provide a detailed solution of how its financial proposals will ensure delivery of the Contract throughout its life by ensuring the costs are robust, sustainable, logical and consistent"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "selectionCriteria": {
                    "criteria": [
                        {
                            "type": "economic",
                            "description": "Yes"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "technical",
                            "description": "Yes"
                        },
                        {
                            "description": "No",
                            "forReduction": true
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "economic",
                            "description": "Yes"
                        },
                        {
                            "type": "technical",
                            "description": "Yes"
                        },
                        {
                            "description": "No",
                            "forReduction": true
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "renewal": {
                    "description": "1 year + 1 year + 1 year"
                }
            }
        ],
        "communication": {
            "futureNoticeDate": "2026-06-15T23:59:59+01:00"
        },
        "status": "cancelled",
        "procurementMethod": "selective",
        "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure",
        "procedure": {
            "features": "Stage 1: Conditions of Participation 1.1 Stage 1 commenced with the issuing of a Tender Notice and the publication of the procurement documents relating to this Competition. 1.2 The procurement documents include a Procurement Specific Questionnaire which all Bidders are required to complete and return in accordance with paragraph 4.7 (timetable for the competition) of Volume 1 of the ITT documentation and the instructions within this Invitation. 1.3 Bidders that wish to participate in this Competition are responsible for ensuring that the Central Digital Platform contains complete, accurate and up-to-date information in accordance with the relevant requirements set out in the Procurement Regulations 2024. Bidders must notify the Authority immediately if they are unable to and/or provide accurate and up-to-date information via the Central Digital Platform. 1.4 As part of Stage 1, Bidders must submit a completed Financial Viability Risk Assessment Tool (FVRAT). In addition, and in accordance with paragraph 4.3.4 of this Volume 1, it is the Bidder's responsibility throughout the Competition to disclose to The Authority any change in circumstances which results in a change to the classification of the Bidder's baseline risk assessment, such as a degradation of balance sheet, cash flow, or structural stability, as established in the FVRAT and submitted as part of the Bidder's response to the PSQ. If a change in circumstances occurs, Bidders are required to submit a completed updated FVRAT template to the Authority within five (5) working days. The Authority will only provide responses to Clarification Questions (CQs) relating to the PSQ and COP during the period set out in 4.7 (timetable for the competition) of Volume 1 of the ITT documentation. 1.5 The Authority will use this stage to confirm that neither the Bidder, nor any connected persons, (as defined within paragraph 45 of Schedule 6 of the Act), associated persons relied on to meet the Conditions of Participation, or intended sub-contractors are on the Cabinet Office debarment list. To the extent that any such entities are included on the debarment list by virtue of a mandatory exclusion ground, the Authority will exclude the Bidder from participating in the Competition in accordance with its obligations under the Act. 1.6 In addition, the Authority will consider whether any Bidder (including its connected persons), associated persons relied on to meet the Conditions of Participation, or intended sub-contractors are \"excluded\" or \"excludable\" within the meaning of section 57 of the Act. Before determining whether a Bidder is excluded or excludable, the Authority will provide the Bidder reasonable opportunity to make representations and provide evidence to demonstrate whether the exclusion grounds apply If the Bidder is excluded or excludable only by virtue of an associated person or intended sub-contractor, the Authority will notify the Bidder of its intention to exclude the Bidder and provide reasonable opportunity to replace the associated person or sub-contractor. If, as a consequence of this process, the Authority excludes the Bidder from participating in the Competition or is aware of an associated person or sub-contract having been replaced, it will give notice within 30 days of its decision to the Procurement Review Unit (PRU) in accordance with section 59 of the Act. 1.7 The Authority will undertake a review of the completed PSQs received from Bidders, by reference to information held on the Central Digital Platform. Responses to the PSQ will be assessed in accordance with the corresponding evaluation methodology as described in more detail in the PSQ. 1.8 Stage 1 will conclude with Bidders being notified in writing of whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in Stage 2 of the Competition. 1.9 Any Bidders not invited to Stage 2 will be provided with a written explanation of the reasons why they have not been shortlisted. 1.10 In the event of a change in circumstances during the Competition that has (or could have) affected the information submitted previously in a Bidder's response to the PSQ, the Bidder must inform the Authority promptly of such changes and the Authority reserves the right to re-assess any response to the PSQ accordingly. 1.11 Bidders are required to make declarations as part of Stage 1 which will continue to have effect throughout the Competition. In accordance with Regulation 6 of the Procurement Regulations 2024, the Authority will obtain confirmation from the Bidders that any updated or corrected core supplier information has been shared with the Authority and has also been uploaded to the Central Digital Platform. 1.12 The Authority reserves the right to adjust the proposed weightings assigned to each evaluation question, and their associated cost elements as part of the PQP calculation, prior to the commencement of Stage 2. In particular, Digital, Over-Heads and Pass-through costs are currently being reviewed for this Competition but will still form part of the evaluation and will be considered when assessing bid price against the Affordability Threshold. Volume 2 and related documents, including but limited to Annexes Q - Financial Response Template, Annex R - Cost Assumptions Questionnaire and Annex S - Financial Response Instructions will be updated following completion of the COP stage. 1.13 Bidders will be notified of any changes made to the approach to these areas of cost, which could include removing some of these cost elements from the PQP calculation. In addition, the weighting of Q1.3b - Digital, is currently being reviewed with a view to removing the weighting and redistributing the weighting across other questions. 2) Stage 2: Invitation to Submit a Tender 2.1 Stage 2 will commence once the Authority has notified Bidders whether or not they have been successfully shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the Competition, following the evaluation of PSQ responses. 2.2 During Stage 2, the Authority will engage in dialogue sessions with each Bidder for the purpose of enabling Bidders to confirm their understanding of key aspects of the Competition and in particular, the Evaluation Questions. To that end, each Bidder will be provided with an equal opportunity to attend dialogue sessions with the Authority to discuss the core requirements of the Competition, and to enable Bidders to develop and improve the content that will be submitted as part of their Tenders. 2.3 The indicative period for the dialogue stage of the Competition is set out in the timetable at paragraph 4.7 of Volume 1 of the ITT documentation. The dialogue stage shall be structured as follows: 2.4 Week 1: this week will commence with an in-person Competition vision session hosted by the Authority (location and timings to be confirmed), as well as a group and individual Bidder site visit to HMP Rye Hill. Further information on how to express interest in attending the vision session and the site visit will be issued via Jaggaer following the conclusion of Stage 1. 2.5 Weeks 2-9: during these weeks, the Authority will host a programme of [mandatory] training sessions (sessions delivered to support bidders with development of their Profiling and FRT aspects of their bid response), with each week dedicated to a different subject matter relevant to the formulation of Bids. In advance of these weeks, Bidders will be invited to express preferences regarding topics they wish to discuss with Authority subject matter experts (SMEs). Each Bidder will have the opportunity to discuss the core requirements of each Evaluation Criterion with Authority SMEs in dedicated 1-to-1 sessions. If it is determined that a topic requested by one Bidder would be beneficial to all Bidders, the MoJ will encourage all Bidders to consider this topic to promote fair treatment. Bidders are reminded of their responsibility to prepare any materials and/or questions for discussion to support the development and improvement of their Tenders. The Authority will also make available additional topic-focused site visits during this period, for example each bidder will receive a Facilities Management focused visit at HMP Rye Hill, with relevant FM data being shared to Bidders in advance. Further details, including topics and timings, will be issued via Jaggaer. 2.6 Week 10: this is a contingency week and shall only be utilised where Bidders require further discussion with the Authority. 2.7 Please note, the Authority is not able to guarantee Bidders' preferred timeslots for any of the activities described in paragraphs 4.4.3.1 to 4.4.3.3. 2.8 Please note, the activities described in paragraphs 4.4.3.1 to 4.4.3.3 are indicative only and may be subject to change 2.9 The Authority will only provide responses to Invitation CQs during the period set out in the timetable for the competition at paragraph 4.7 of Volume 1 of the ITT documentation. 2.10 Following the conclusion of the dialogue period, the Authority will publish the ITT for the purpose of inviting Bidders to submit their Tenders. 2.11 Tenders must be submitted in accordance with the requirements described, and in the format specified, as set out in Volume 2 of the ITT documentation, together with any further instructions that may be issued via the Authority's e-Sourcing platform, Jaggaer, from time to time. 2.12 The Authority will evaluate all Tenders in order to identify the Bidder which has submitted the most advantageous tender in accordance with the Assessment Methodology and Response Criteria set out in the Tender Notice and the ITT. 3) Stage Three - Preferred Bidder Stage (Further detail can be found in the ITT volume 1 documentation) 4) Stage Four - Award Stage (Further detail can be found in the ITT volume 1 documentation)"
        },
        "submissionMethodDetails": "https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html",
        "submissionTerms": {
            "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed",
            "languages": [
                "en"
            ]
        },
        "expressionOfInterestDeadline": "2026-06-29T17:00:00+01:00",
        "enquiryPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2026-06-24T12:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "awardPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2027-07-05T23:59:59+01:00"
        },
        "documents": [
            {
                "id": "conflictOfInterest",
                "documentType": "conflictOfInterest",
                "description": "Not published"
            },
            {
                "id": "future",
                "documentType": "biddingDocuments",
                "accessDetails": "The Authority will be using its e-Sourcing Portal known as Jaggaer to release all documents and communicate to the market. Registration: The e-Sourcing Portal is an online application that allows all bidders to create and submit their responses to any PSQ and Tenders via the internet. Bidders instructions to express an interest in this Tender: 1) Login to the Portal at: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html with username and password 2) Click the PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) 3) Click on the relevant PSQ/ITT to access the content using the following: PQQ Code - PQQ_607 Project Code - prj_14738 4) Click the \"Express Interest\" button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your \"My PQQs/My ITTs\" page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only) 5) You can now access any attachments by clicking \"Buyer Attachments\" in the \"PQQ/ITT Details\" box instructions on how to submit a Tender will be provided 6) If you experience any technical problems, please e-mail esourcing@Justice.gov.uk 7) In the event of system issues please contact the Jaggaer Helpdesk via telephone 0845 0100 132"
            },
            {
                "id": "056642-2026",
                "documentType": "tenderNotice",
                "noticeType": "UK4",
                "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
                "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056642-2026",
                "datePublished": "2026-06-16T13:32:08+01:00",
                "format": "text/html"
            },
            {
                "id": "056678-2026",
                "documentType": "tenderNotice",
                "noticeType": "UK4",
                "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
                "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056678-2026",
                "datePublished": "2026-06-16T14:21:34+01:00",
                "format": "text/html"
            },
            {
                "id": "063832-2026",
                "documentType": "tenderCancellationNotice",
                "noticeType": "UK12",
                "description": "Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender",
                "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063832-2026",
                "datePublished": "2026-07-07T16:38:26+01:00",
                "format": "text/html"
            }
        ]
    },
    "language": "en",
    "awards": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "status": "cancelled",
            "statusDetails": "The Authority confirms that this procurement termination notice refers to Tender Notice '2026/S 000-056678', issued on Tuesday 16 June 2026 for the HMP Rye Hill Prison Operator Competition. As set out in correspondence under PQQ_607, the Authority reissued a new Tender Notice on Monday 6 July 2026 under reference '2026/S 000-063383', to update COP timelines and documentation for the HMP Rye Hill Prison Operator Competition.",
            "finalStatusDate": "2026-07-06T00:00:00+01:00",
            "relatedLots": [
                "1"
            ]
        }
    ]
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