Scope
Description
To A contract to provide and safeguard statutory provision of prison library services at HMP Bure, HMP Norwich, HMP The Mount and HMP Wayland.
Contract 1. con_25268 Contract for the Provision of Library Services at HMP Bure HMP Norwich HMP The Mount and HMP Wayland
Supplier
Contract value
- £1,752,534.78 excluding VAT
- £2,103,041.73 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
18 August 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 September 2025 to 31 March 2029
- 3 years, 7 months
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 75231230 - Prison services
Participation
Particular suitability
Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Other information
Description of risks to contract performance
The value of the direct award would be circa £1.8 million and therefore above the light touch threshold of £663,540, as such, MOJ would need to be able to rely on the justifications contained in Schedule 5 of PA 2023 in order to directly award to an LA or to a private organisation/social enterprise e.g. evidence that this award used the 'Urgency Exemption' limb.
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Special regime
Light touch
Direct award justification
Extreme and unavoidable urgency
The direct award of library services to the supplier are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency. This is because the authority has a statutory obligation to provide prison library services and service provision cannot disrupted. Given these reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, these services cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure. The urgency is unavoidable as it is not attributable to any act or omission of the contracting authority and could not have been foreseen by the contracting authority. 8. The business owner's requirement is to maintain current delivery and system stability, with future contracts being based on the services currently delivered, with all Terms and Conditions and value remaining unchanged.
Supplier
Greenwich Leisure Ltd
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: 27793R
Middlegate House
London
SE18 6SX
United Kingdom
Email: rebecca.gediking@gll.org.uk
Region: UKI51 - Bexley and Greenwich
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): Yes
Contract 1. con_25268 Contract for the Provision of Library Services at HMP Bure HMP Norwich HMP The Mount and HMP Wayland
Contracting authority
Ministry of Justice
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBBY-5923-HVDX
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
United Kingdom
Email: commercial.prisoneducation@justice.gov.uk
Website: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government