Operational management / related services at the Home Office Border Force Disembarkation and SOLAS (Saving of Lives at Sea) centre at Western Jet Foil (Dover) and Manston Reception Centre in Kent.

Descriptions

The Manston Reception Centre and Disembarkation Point/s in Kent require providers of Operator and Healthcare Services, including managing staffing of operations, security, healthcare facilities, and other wraparound services. The aim of the services is to provide a safe and secure environment, where Border Force can register and process individuals arriving in the UK on small boats from across the English Channel. The contracting authority (the Home Office) is looking for partner(s) to deliver: - Lot 1 - Operator Services - Lot 2 - Healthcare Services The contracts will be awarded for an initial term of 6 years with an option to extend for up to an additional 4 x 12 month periods. The content of this notice, including the nature of works, services and estimated value, may be subject to change. Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents Estimated value: Lot 1 - £462,600,000 Lot 2 - £58,700,000 This estimated total contract value excludes the estimated cost of the optional extensions. The estimated value of each optional extension are: Lot 1 - £90.5m and Lot 2 - £11.6m. The contract values included are estimates that are subject to change during the procurement process. The Authority will shortlist via a Supplier Questionnaire to a maximum of 4 bids for each lot. The Authority is not responsible for any bidding costs incurred by potential suppliers in respect of this procurement. The Authority reserves the right to abandon the competitive process and not award any contract; make any changes it sees as reasonable to the competition; remove and/or amend element(s) from the scope of the requirements; and accept or reject any tender. The contracting Authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations. The contract will be subject to break clauses to be applied in the event that, as per UK Government policy, the need for the services is successfully reduced over time, with corresponding reductions in the ultimate length and value of the contract.