Friday 4 April 2014

Bidding in Crisis!

The MoJ is in crisis mode as potential bidders pull out and I wanted to share the following information as soon as possible. The first is an email from ACEVO to potential bidders earlier today, followed by one from the MoJ:-

Unit Cost and Cash-Flow Analysis Tool

We’re pleased to let you know that the unit costs and cash-flow analysis tool that ACEVO and Rocket Science have developed is now available You can access the tool here

A further version may be released at a later date following user feedback so please do let Rocket Science know via trcontractcruncher@rocketsciencelab.co.uk if you have any issues.

This work has been funded by the Cabinet Office.


Current Bidders by CPA

We are aware that since February a number of bidders have withdrawn from certain areas, or in some cases the whole competition, and have changed their preferences in others.

Following discussions that ACEVO has held with MoJ we are pleased to confirm that MoJ will be holding a 3rd Lot refresh where they will ask T1s to refine the list of areas in which they plan to submit bids.

We have been told that this information will be available in the next couple of weeks and will be shared with all registered T2 and 3 organisations.

If you still haven’t registered you should e-mail MAS@justice.gsi.gov.uk to receive instructions and a registration form to complete.


Transforming Rehabilitation Resources

You may have noticed that ACEVO’s website has had a face-lift. You can find all the collateral from our recent series of events including slides, FAQs and T1 delegate contact details from CPA networking events here

Thank you.

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Dear 2nd and 3rd tier registered providers,

The number of organisations registered continues to grow and is now nudging 920. Thank you for registering with us.

Please find attached a reissue of documents previously issued so that the later registrants can catch up with previous communications. The bidder per CPA regions (at the first lot refresh in January 2014) and the single point of contact for each of the tier 1s. Below is the link to the competition page on the MOJ website where you can find further information.

http://www.justice.gov.uk/transforming-rehabilitation/competition

Please note that a further communication will be issued to you once the next bidder refresh takes place which is expected to be in the next few weeks. You should note that we expect there to be a few changes in the bidders for each CPA region but until the bidders formally confirm to us in the lot refresh we are unable to confirm any changes.

Also attached is the full list of 2nd & 3rd tier organisations who have registered with us. Many of you have requested changes or updates since your registration form was submitted - please alert us if the spreadsheet details have any errors or omissions in them and we will update and send through to the Tier 1 bidder's data room.

Kind Regards,

MoJ Procurement Team

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The Runners and Riders:- 


CPA no.
CPA area
Potential Bidders
1.
Northumbria
Northern Inclusion Consortium
Sodexo Justice Services
The Rehabilitation Company
Working links
2.
Cumbria and Lancashire
CRR Partnership
GMC Sodexo
Innovo (CLM) Limited
Interserve
Sodexo Justice Services
The Rehabilitation Company



3.
Durham and Cleveland
ARCC
Northern Inclusion Consortium
Pertemps People Development Group
Sodexo Justice Services
Working links
4.
North Yorkshire, Humberside and Lincolnshire
CRR Partnership
EOS
Geo Delta
Interserve
Sodexo Justice Services
The Rehabilitation Company
5.
West Yorkshire
CRR Partnership
EOS
Interserve
MTC Amey
Northern Inclusion Consortium
Prospects Resolutions
Sodexo Justice Services
The GEO Group
The Rehabilitation Company


6.
Cheshire and Greater Manchester
CRR Partnership
EOS
GMC Sodexo
Interserve
MTC Amey
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited
The Manchester College
The Rehabilitation Company
7.
Merseyside
a4e
CRR Partnership
GMC Sodexo
Innovo (CLM) Limited
Interserve
MTC Amey
Sodexo Justice Services
The Rehabilitation Company
8.
South Yorkshire
a4e
CRR Partnership
EOS
Inerserve
MTC Amey
Prospects Resolutions
Sodexo Justice Services
The GEO Group
The Rehabilitation Company


9.
Staffordshire and West Midlands
Capita Business Services
CRR Partnership
EOS
Home Group (Stonham)
Ingeus
MTC Amey
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited
Sentinel Offender Services LLC
The GEO Group
The Rehabilitation Company
10.
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire
a4e
CRR Partnership
EOS
Ingeus
Interserve
Momentis and Homegroup
Sentinel Offender Services LLC
Working links
11.
Wales
Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI)
Sodexo Justice Services
Working links



12
West Mercia and Warwickshire
Capita Business Services
EOS
MCA and Homegroup
Pertemps People Development Group
Sentinel Offender Services LLC
The GEO Group
The Rehabilitation Company

13
Gloucestershire, Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
Interserve
Prospects Services
Shaw Trust
The Rehabilitation Company
Working links
14
Dorset, Devon and Cornwall
Shaw Trust
The GEO Group
Working links
15
Hampshire
a4e
Capita Business Services
Crime Reduction Initiatives (CRI)
Hampshire Rehabilitation services
Interserve
Shaw Trust

16
Thames Valley
a4e
Capita Business Services
Home Group (Stonham)
Interserve
MTC Amey
Prospects Services
Shaw Trust
The GEO Group
17
Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire
Home Group (Stonham)
Ingeus
Interserve
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited
Sodexo Justice Services
18
Norfolk and Suffolk
a4e
Home Group (Stonham)
MTC Amey
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited
Sodexo Justice Services
19
Essex
a4e
Aspire2 change
Capita Business Services
Home Group (Stonham)
MTC Amey
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited
Sodexo Justice Services

20
London
Capita Business Services
CRR Partnership
MTC Amey
21
Kent Surrey and Sussex
a4e
Capita Business Services
Chalk Ventures
CRR Partnership
MTC Amey
Seetec Business Technology Centre Limited


17 comments:

  1. regardless of some dropping out there are still plenty of bidders and I still think we are in grave danger of being sold off.

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  2. I don't see any good news here. The lot refresh was always going to happen in an ITN process, prime bidders are there in enough numbers and the tier 2 & 3 list is growing..where's the silver lining?

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  3. I should have made clear the list of primes is as of 12th Feb and some have dropped out since. The fact is though that many bidders are concerned about low morale amongst staff and the terms and conditions the unions have negotiated. I've heard this from several sources and the MoJ is certainly worried. The recent strike has made some bidders nervous.

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  4. I still maintain it will be shared out on an economy of scale model, with capita, sodexo, ingeus, a4e & maybe sentinel pocketing all but a couple of token areas - one might be a mutual, the other a voluntary sector consortium. The "refresh" is in my view spinspeak for "getting everyone to agree what they'll be given" so a united front can be presented and MoJ look like they are masters if the bidding universe. Serco have been extraordinarily canny in bagging Soames, brother of the grand masse Nicholas. That will help them move in to start mopping up - maybe hit back at capita for nicking their golden goose (aka tagging) and secure London & home counties after all? That will be pissing off g4s, who might wade in with something interesting to increase their chances "oop north" and thus regain their Manchester fiefdom.

    In the northeast Mr Vardy might get to play judge & jury for a while but he'll get bored of the rules, realise he isn't allowed to actually hang sinners and return to playing with his cars and faith academies.

    I worry most about Sodexo, Ingeus and a4e. Well connected, well funded, very keen. I wouldn't be surprised to find Blunkett's pawprints on a4e's bid paperwork.

    Sadly it doesn't look good.

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    1. Your slur on Peter vardy for...

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  5. You may be right, but I disagree. In order to be presented as a success there has to be a number of big names up there as primes and there's a rumour about Capita pulling out and A4E are in trouble with on-going court cases with staff charged with fraud. But, by the nature of an epic omnishambles, anything can happen and I see there still being big trouble in getting the contracts successfully let.

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    1. Hmmm, so maybe capita are happy with the tagging goose - both serco and g4s contracts - and maybe serco gave been sufficiently cleansed to be the new prime-in-waiting?

      As you say, its all in the wind. But the strike was, I believe, an important statement to bidders. As is this blogsite, which seems to be attracting large numbers of hits daily now. Good work, that man. Have yourself a single malt.

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    2. I only got the taste for whisky since starting the blog - Famous Grouse or anything on special offer usually - but I might just reach for the malt as it's the weekend......

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    3. Good stuff.See Mr Khan is on HIGNFU.

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  6. Jim...is your table taken from the AVECO site? Not sure they are the same.

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    1. It came from the MoJ but as we all agree is out of date so not much use - sorry guys! Less haste more speed...

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  7. That's 30 companies or partnerships by my reckoning.

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  8. This is the original 30 bidder set - and this is MoJ bulls**t - they are not still all in the frame - the key is "MoJ will be holding a 3rd Lot refresh where they will ask T1s to refine the list of areas in which they plan to submit bids." which is when those bidders who have pulled out will be replaced by the big boys who have been "encouraged "by the mandarins to look at more regions....I was told in my area there was only two bidders left ...this list still has four ....smoke and mirrors from a rattled minister.

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  9. Looks like the Soames family are very keen to rehabilitate the fallen - Rupert's sister Emma is a patron of RAPt, co-conspirators with Carillion.

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  10. Perhaps some bidders should be aware of the 'tricks' employed by some of the mutuals such as the Cumbria Lancashire mutual that has advertised for serving SPO, PO and PSO to be seconded to them to help write the bid-seems as though the much heralded ethical wall has gone the way of its Berlin brother?

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    1. This model is replicated all over the UK.

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  11. And according to the AVECO table the West Yorkshire mutual isn't interested in South Yorkshire anymore.

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