Security services

Tender description

The Authority is responsible, under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, for detaining and/or enforcing the removal of certain persons (Detainees), being persons detained under the 1971 Act and assigned by the Authority to the Immigration Removal Centre from the United Kingdom. At any one time, approximately 3,400 Detainees are held overnight in one of nine Immigration Removal Centres, two residential Short Term Holding Facilities, a Pre-Departure Accommodation (PDA), prisons and police stations across the United Kingdom. In addition, persons can be detained for shorter periods of time in Short Term Holding Facilities (Rooms) at Reporting Centres, air and sea ports, including locations overseas at the juxtaposed controls in Calais and Coquelles. The Authority seeks a commercial partner to provide services at two Immigration Removal Centres near Gatwick Airport including a separate Pre Departure Accommodation (PDA) Suite. Brook House accommodates 508 male detainees and Tinsley House 162 males plus 1 family apartment, plus up to 2 families with children under 18 years in the Gatwick PDA. Within Gatwick PDA welfare services are currently delivered separately, though the Authority may alter its approach in future, to be made clear at the formal procurement stage. Services required include: Overall management of the sites Security and Guarding Local escorting and hospital bed watches Recreational & Educational Religious and welfare Provision of furniture and equipment FM, Cleaning and Catering and a Shop Landscaping. The Authority will be seeking a single bid for the provision of the services required. The length of contract will be 8 years from service commencement, with options to extend, possibly for a further 3 years.