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Published
18 November 2016
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Overview
Contract for the provision of operational, management and maintenance services at Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre / Pre-Departure Accommodation and Brook House Immigration Removal Centre. Additional information: The Authority is responsible, 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 the Immigration Removal Centre from the United Kingdom.
At any one time, approximately 3,400 Detainees are held overnight in one of nine Immigration Removal Centres, two residential Short Term Holding Facilities, a pre-departure accommodation, 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 seeks a commercial partner to provide services at two Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) near Gatwick Airport including a separate Pre Departure Accommodation (PDA) suite. Brook House IRC accommodates approximately 508 male detainees and Tinsley House IRC accommodates approximately 162 male detainees plus 1 family apartment, plus up to 2 families with children under 18 years in the Gatwick PDA.
Regulations cited
- Immigration Act 1971
- Asylum Act 1999
- Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Contact & helpdesk
Interested parties must email Gatwickprocurement@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk after first registering with the CCS eSourcing portal at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk The contract falls under Regulation 74 and Schedule 3 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Additional details
Within Gatwick PDA, welfare services are currently delivered separately, though the Authority may alter its approach in future, to be made clear at the formal procurement stage. Services required include: — Overall management of the sites; — Security & Guarding; — Local escorting and hospital bed watches; — Recreational and Educational facilities; — Religious and welfare; — Provision of furniture and equipment — FM, Cleaning Services and a Shop — Landscaping The Authority will be seeking a single bid for the provision of the services required.
The length of contract will be 8 years from service commencement, with options to extend, possibly for a further 3 years. As a result the Authority has determined the procurement process that is being followed.
The Authority will ensure that the procurement procedure is at least sufficient to ensure compliance with the principles of transparency and equal treatment of bidders. Please see further details in the attached Prior Information Notice
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