Electronic Monitoring & Field Services and Service and System Integration

EM services are currently used to facilitate the curfew of a subject given either a community order, court bail order or released on licence (collectively referred to as 'Orders'). The scope of the new EM services will be divided into four elements as follows.

• I.Monitoring service including the processing centre, related hardware and software, and field operatives (Lot 1);
• II.Monitoring and mapping software applications (Lot 2);
• III.Monitoring hardware (anklets etc.) and firmware and software; and
• IV.Network (Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)) (Lot 4).

This notice announces the award of three (3) of the originally advertised four (4) contracts for the provision of the next generation of electronic monitoring (EM) services and supplies in England and Wales, being Lots 1, 2 and 4. The negotiated procedure with notice relating to lot 3 was terminated and the contract awarded through another procedure, being announced through a separate contract award notice.

The successful monitoring service provider for lot (I) will be the service and system integrator. Working together with the Authority, the service and system integrator has the responsibility for overseeing the successful mobilisation of individual lot contracts. For the avoidance of doubt, contracts have been awarded directly by the Authority, who was solely responsible for bidder selection. Preferred bidders were designated for all of the lots prior to award of contracts. Negotiations were then concluded with all preferred bidders to establish a back-to back service and system integration agreement, binding on all parties that contains the appropriate commercial provisions supporting an end to end service to the Authority.