{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-04c8e9-2025-05-15T15:01:25+01:00", "date": "2025-05-15T15:01:25+01:00", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-04c8e9", "description": "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..", "initiationType": "tender", "tender": { "id": "ID5340795", "legalBasis": { "id": "32014L0024", "scheme": "CELEX" }, "title": "DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS", "status": "complete", "classification": { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "75231230", "description": "Prison services" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "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.", "value": { "amount": 3500000, "currency": "GBP" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "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. 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.", "value": { "amount": 3500000, "currency": "GBP" }, "contractPeriod": { "durationInDays": 1080 }, "status": "cancelled", "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "name": "Qualitative Criteria", "type": "quality", "description": "60" }, { "name": "Quantitative Criteria", "type": "cost", "description": "40" } ] }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "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." } } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "75231230", "description": "Prison services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKN0" }, { "region": "UKN0" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "submissionMethod": [ "electronicSubmission" ], "submissionMethodDetails": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps", "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Open procedure", "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2025-02-03T15:00:00Z" }, "submissionTerms": { "languages": [ "en" ] }, "reviewDetails": "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.", "coveredBy": [ "GPA" ] }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-FTS-128902", "name": "The Northern Ireland Prison Service", "identifier": { "legalName": "The Northern Ireland Prison Service" }, "address": { "streetAddress": "c/o CPD 303 Airport Road West", "locality": "BELFAST", "region": "UK", "postalCode": "BT3 9ED", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "justice.cpd@finance-ni.gov.uk", "url": "https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/topics/prisons", "buyerProfile": "https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE", "id": "BODY_PUBLIC", "description": "Body governed by public law" }, { "scheme": "COFOG", "id": "01", "description": "General public services" } ] } }, { "id": "GB-FTS-22455", "name": "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.", "identifier": { "legalName": "The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. 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