Prison Escort and Custody Services In England and Wales (Generation 4)

It is the intention of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the Contracting Authority to put in place a 4th generation of the Prison Escort & Custody Services contract(s) (PECS4). PECS represents a critical service that joins up functions across a wide and diverse group of criminal justice stakeholders including the courts, the police, the Youth Custody Service (YCS) and prisons.

The existing PECS contract (PECS3) is currently split into four geographical lots Lot 1 - South West and South East, Lot 2 - London and East of England, Lot 3 - East Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside and North East and Lot 4 - North West, West Midlands and Wales. The current contractors are GeoAmey and Serco.

The MoJ is encouraging expressions of interest from a wide variety of suppliers, including Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) expressing an interest as being part of the supply chain, from a range of market sectors.

The Authority plans to hold a Market Engagement Day on Thursday, 22 March 2018. Suppliers interested in attending the event should confirm their interest by 5pm on Monday 19th March 2018 by sending an email to the PECS4 commercial team at PECS_4_Competition@justice.gov.uk. The form of response should be limited to the provision of a single point of contact (full company name, contact name, job title, e-mail address and telephone number). The Authority will then issue invitations to all interested parties, confirming the timings and location of the events. Details of interested parties shall be added to the Authority's e-sourcing portal, in order to share information.

The PIN notice for Market Engagement on TED is 2018/S 043-093997