Bailiff services

Tender description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is running a procurement exercise for the award of a single contract or regional contracts for the delivery of Approved Enforcement Agency services (Services) on behalf of HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). HMCTS is as an executive agency of MoJ providing support for the administration of justice in courts and tribunals. Contracts awarded will be with the Lord Chancellor acting through HMCTS. The Services reflect the requirements of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and other related legislation. The Services will support HMCTS' compliance and enforcement operations that ensures financial penalties, as well as a number of other non-custodial penalties and custodial actions are collected and performed. It will support provision of consistent and efficient enforcement processes across England and Wales. The MoJ intends to award contracts for up to 5 years with options to extend for two further periods of 12 months each. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 136 354. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 21 422. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 83 852. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 31 575. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 72 554. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 28 671. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 77 297. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 31 469. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 135 845. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 30 908. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 47 986. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 12 366. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control — 36 761. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 12 182. The services are within scope of the social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and shall be awarded pursuant to regulation 74,that is under the light touch regime. The procedure shall follow a procedure similar to the open procedure but with some deviations. The Authority has split the requirement geographically into 8 potential Lots, with Lots 1 to 7 aligned to the HMCTS Regions (see AEA Specification document for details) and Lot 8 being a National Lot. Whether separate regional contracts are awarded or 1 national contract is awarded will be decided on a value for money basis taking into account any potential discounts offered by the top scoring Potential Suppliers in each lot. Should regional contracts be awarded then the maximum number of contracts that will be awarded to one Potential Supplier is 4. A pseudo open procedure procurement will be followed to include selection questions in a qualification envelope to select suitable candidates. If successful, only then technical questions will be evaluated and commercial envelope will be considered. The documentation submitted relating to ‘Financial Standing’ will be examined in terms of completeness/acceptability at the start of the competition and formally assessed following the evaluation stage of each lot. Lots have varying financial pressures and before awarding a contract for a lot the Authority will assess the bidder on pass / fail basis as to its financial standing for that particular lot. The Authority reserves the right not to award any number of lots. Volume for 2016/17 were: 1) Warrant of Control Volume — 590 649. 2) Warrant of Arrest — 168 593.