Awarded contract

HMP High Down - Fire Safety Improvements & Roof Repairs - BPRN 646/19/5247 & 646/5/9067

Details

Buyer: Ministry of Justice
Supplier(s): WATES CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Value: £41,279,440
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Prison building construction work
Published: 12 February 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The project aims to provide a fit for purpose facility by addressing both the Fire Safety Improvements (FSI), and the problems associated with the rainwater goods and any associated structural overhangs. The project mandate for the FSI works also requested a review of sustainability measures which could be integrated to the project. A constructor has been appointed for the design and build of the project. This is a two stage Design and Build Contract let under the PPC2000 (Amended 2008) Form of contract. The original estimated value of the contract was calculated by MOJ, and its Cost Consultants following desktop and non-intrusive surveys and was based on information reasonably known at the time and arrived at via a thorough and appropriate methodology.

Timeline

Completed: Award published12 February 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date24 March 2025
Next: Contract expiry date24 July 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

The Ministry of Justice is a central government ministerial department with its own Commercial Standards team providing procurement guidance. Procurement now follows the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. Higher-value contracts appear on Find a Tender, with Contracts Finder used for lower-value opportunities. Suppliers register and bid through the MOJ Sourcing Portal, the department's e-procurement platform. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements and dynamic purchasing systems. HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Prison and Probation Service and the Legal Aid Agency are the department's main delivery bodies.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Justice's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and public administration and defence.

Relevant CPV codes

45216113 · Prison building construction work

Decision makers

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