Prisoner Payphone Service

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Estimated value

£116.9m

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

02 Sept 2022

Description

This is a concession contract between the Secretary of State for Justice (MoJ) and British Telecommunications plc (BT), dated 30 August 2022, for the provision of telephone services to prisoners in prisons operated by MoJ through its executive agency, HM Prison and Probation Service (the Extension). The Extension updates, on similar terms, an existing contract procured under the Public Contracts Regulations 1993 (the Contract). The Extension will expire on 31 May 2026, with a further optional 12-month period during which BT will provide exit assistance. This is the minimum required duration to facilitate MOJ going to market for the procurement of, and smooth transition to, a next generation service solution. Under the Extension BT will provide substantially the same services on substantially the same terms as the Contract with additional investment from BT to provide necessary service improvements as described in section II.2.4.

Scope

Reference
con_13325
Total value
£116,900,000 excluding VAT
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Aug 2022 to 31 May 2027
Main category
services
CPV classifications
64212000
64212100
64212800
64212900
64215000
Contract locations
UK

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

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The Extension is permitted by virtue of the concession contract award procedure or the negotiated procedure (as applicable) without the publication of a concession or contract notice, as applicable, because the services can only be provided by BT. This is because competition is absent for technical reasons and/or the protection of exclusive rights, no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and MoJ has not artificially narrowed the scope of the procedure, as more fully described in section IV.1.1 below.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

Award date

Contract start

Contract end