Published date: 20 December 2017

Last edited date: 22 September 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 8 September 2017, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Sewing machines - 42715000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£1,600,000 to £2,200,000

Procurement reference

tender_142056/640144

Published date

20 December 2017

Closing date

8 September 2017

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

2 January 2018

Contract end date

1 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This notice relates to the award of a framework agreement to supply Sewing Machines, Parts, Ancillary Items and/or Repair Services to MoJ Public Sector Prison Industries (PSPI). Suppliers will be required to source, stock and deliver as requested across the prison estate a range of goods and/or services. PSPI manage industries in 95 prisons in England and Wales, including some private sector prisons, and currently operate 465 workshops employing 1056 staff and around 11,500 prisoners and detainees. The purpose of PSPI is to help reduce the potential for prisoners to reoffend and to help PSP deliver Decent Regimes. Prison Industries continue to support other Government Departments by using offender labour to manufacture over £3million pounds worth of goods annually. This includes 64 Textile workshops, employing approximately 1900 prisoners on a daily basis producing clothing and textile products for the prison population.

More information

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Award information

Awarded date

14 December 2017

Contract start date

2 January 2018

Contract end date

1 January 2022

Total value of contract

£2,200,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

J&B Sewing Machine Co. Ltd.

Address

J&B House, Curlew Close, Queensway Meadows Industrial Estate, Newport, South Wales, NP19 4SY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Eastman Staples Limited

Address

131 Lockwood Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3QW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Harcourt House, Chancellor Court, 21 The Calls
Leeds
LS2 7EH
England

Email

complex.sourcing@justice.gsi.gov.uk