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DoJ NIPS - Provision of Visitor Centre Services for the NIPS

The Northern Ireland Prison Service · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 20:26.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Contract value
£3.5m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
14 May 2025
Award ID
021822-2025-1-1
Status
active
Location
N/A, UK, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV75231230 — Prison services

Lots

  • 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.£3.5m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ID5340795
Status
complete
Review Details
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.
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Tender Period

Ends
3 Feb 2025, 15:00

Classification

Id
75231230
Scheme
CPV
Description
Prison services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
Yes
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
3,500,000
Currency
GBP

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.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Qualitative Criteria
Type
quality
Description
60
Criterion 2
Name
Quantitative Criteria
Type
cost
Description
40

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN0
Entry 2
Region
UKN0
Entry 3
Region
UKN0

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
75231230
Scheme
CPV
Description
Prison services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-128902
Name
The Northern Ireland Prison Service

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT3 9ED
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
c/o CPD 303 Airport Road West

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
The Northern Ireland Prison Service

Contact

Organisation 2
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.

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
N/A
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal 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.

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-147959
Name
The Northern Ireland Prison Service

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
BELFAST
Postal Code
BT3 9ED
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
c/c CPD Clare House303 Airport Road West

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
The Northern Ireland Prison Service

Contact

Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-141240
Name
withheld for security reasons

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
N/A
Country Name
United Kingdom

Details

Scale
sme

Identifier

Legal Name
withheld for security reasons

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
021822-2025-1-1
Title
Contract
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-141240
Name
withheld for security reasons

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
021822-2025-1-1
Title
Contract
Status
active
Award ID
021822-2025-1-1
Date Signed
15 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
3,500,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · BELFAST · UK · BT3 9ED · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKN0

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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