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.

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.

Additional information: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office's eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal.

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

To express an interest please email: [email protected]

Title of email: Irregular Migration Management Services- Expression of Interest

Email to include: Organisation name, Contact name, E-mail address, telephone number, lot(s) that Organisation is expressing an interest in, confirmation of eSourcing Portal registration, and details of eSourcing Portal contact.

Any expressions of interest not submitted in the required format (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. The Authority requires new participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to be invited to participate in the competition for this project. On receipt of an email detailed above, the Authority will either confirm receipt of an NDA as part of market engagement or provide access to the NDA document through the eSourcing portal. If required, the authority will expect participants to download and reattach a signed copy of the NDA to the event.

Once the registered user has completed and returned the NDA via the eSourcing Portal the Authority will enable the supplier to access the independent SQ area via the eSourcing Portal. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The closing date for submissions will be 12 p.m. on Friday 15th November 2024. SQ clarification requests must be submitted no later than 12 p.m. on Friday 1st November 2024.

For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Portal please contact the JAGGAER Supplier Helpdesk at [email protected] or 0800 069 8630 (0800 - 1800hrs).

The Prior Information Notice for this procurement can be found under the Contracts Finder reference: CF-0352100D58000000L5A4EAK.