Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 13
13
Deferred
HMPPS lacks understanding of its complex contract management processes.
Conclusion
As the Prisons Minister said, contracts within HMPPS are complex and hard to understand. We are not convinced that HMPPS has a handle on the way it procures its services. Prison Governors are not contract managers and should not be seen or treated as such. (Conclusion, Paragraph 65)
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The government's response addresses Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) and its expansion, despite the recommendation focusing on HMPPS's procurement and contract management processes for prison governors.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Partially Accept. 38. HMPPS national contracts are managed by dedicated operational contract management teams who ensure that suppliers deliver against required standards and apply contractual levers where performance falls short. These teams oversee contracts for education and community rehabilitation services, as well as operational contracts for essential services such as food. MoJ Property provide operational and contract management of the central Facilities Management contracts. Only a small number of contracts are managed locally where local commissioning has taken place to meet a specific need. 39. Commercial Contract Management is undertaken by qualified, accredited professional teams that manage procurement activity in line with prevailing regulations under the Procurement Act 2023 (PA23), which simplifies the MoJ’s procurement processes. It replaces four sets of procurement regulations, which were derived from EU directives, and provides for fewer and more flexible procurement procedures. These will allow the MoJ to better tailor its procurements to get the contracts that it needs within the timeframes that it needs. 40. To the same end, the MoJ is introducing a new ‘self-service’ procurem
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