Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-05-17
Buyer: Home Office
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 45112700 | 55500000 | 60130000 | 79710000: Security services | 79713000: Guard services
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre and Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre and Brook House Immigration Removal Centre.
The Authority irresponsible, under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for detaining and/or enforcing the removal of certain persons (Detainees), being persons detained under the 1971 Act and assigned by the Authority to an Immigration Removal Centre from the United Kingdom.
At any one time, approximately 3 400 Detainees are held overnight in 1 of 9 Immigration Removal Centres, 2 residential Short Term Holding Facilities, Pre-Departure Accommodation (PDA), prisons and police stations across the United Kingdom. In addition, persons can be detained for shorter periods of time in Short Term Holding Facilities (Rooms) at Reporting Centres, air and sea ports, including locations overseas at the juxtaposed controls in Calais and Coquelles.
The Authority was seeking commercial partners to provide a range of services at 2 Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs/PDA) which are situated on the perimeter of Gatwick Airport.
Brook House IRC accommodates approximately 508 male detainees. Tinsley House IRC/PDA accommodates approximately 162 male detainees and additionally has 1 family apartment in the IRC for Border Force cases and 2 apartments for families with children under 18 years old in Pre- Departure Accommodation (PDA).
The Authority was looking to maximise the efficient use of its immigration estate and it may increase / decrease capacity at these sites in future. Services at the IRCs include (but are not limited to):
The contract fell under Regulation 74 of and Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. As a result the Authority determined the procurement procedure to be followed. The Authority ensured that the procurement procedure is at least sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of Bidders.
The Authority is not responsible for any bidding costs incurred by potential suppliers in respect of this procurement. The Authority reserved the right to abandon the competitive process and not award any contract; make any changes it sees as reasonable to the competition; remove and/or amend element(s) from the scope of the requirements; and accept or reject any tender.
Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre and Brook House Immigration Removal Centre
In accordance with the published “Gatwick Re-tender Project — RFI — Instructions to Bidders (Paragraph 16.1)” and “Gatwick Re-tender — Section 1 — RFP — Instructions to Bidders (Paragraph 5.6)”, the Authority reserved the right to cancel the RFI/RFP at any time.
After careful consideration, it has now taken the decision to discontinue the current re-procurement and to not award any contract.