Published date: 7 August 2017

This notice was replaced on 19 December 2017

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 20 December 2017)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


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

Value of contract

£1,600,000 to £2,200,000

Procurement reference

tender_142056/595297

Published date

7 August 2017

Closing date

8 September 2017

Contract start date

2 January 2018

Contract end date

1 January 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This notice relates to an opportunity 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.

For further information and details of how to submit a tender, please refer to the MoJ eSourcing portal.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Provision of sewing machines, parts, ancillary items and repair services

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 13 June 2017

Links

Additional text

To access further information in relation to this opportunity and submit a bid, you will need to register (free of charge) on the MoJ eSourcing portal which you can access via the link below.

About the buyer

Address

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

Email

complex.sourcing@justice.gsi.gov.uk