Contract for the provision of Home Office and Asylum Interviews

Concepts

• general personnel
• asylum interviews
• interviews
• asylum seekers
• asylum
• their asylum interviews
• asylum applicants
• home office
• home
• interviewed

Location

London

Description

The Home Office is seeking a supplier that will support the identification of suitable locations to allow Asylum seekers to conduct Asylum interviews virtually across the UK.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Home Office is seeking a supplier that will provide locations (specifically rooms and/or booths) primarily that will be attended by asylum seekers to conduct their asylum interviews across the UK however other types of interviews will also be conducted. The services will also include a technology provision and staff to provide support enabling asylum applicants to be interviewed virtually at the locations. To clarify the contract value detailed in II.1.5) is an estimate.

Renewal Options

The initial term of the contract is 3 years (36 months) and is subject to an optional extension period of 1 year (12 months)

CPV Codes

• 75131100 - General personnel services for the government
• 70332200 - Commercial property management services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

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 Home Office uses an eSourcing toolkit to enable its sourcing activities to be conducted over the internet. In order to express an interest, please follow the steps set out below. The procurement will be managed electronically using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. The eSourcing Portal is an online application that allows suppliers to create and submit their Tender responses to any requests for information, requests for quotes, or requests for proposals via the internet rather than in paper form. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the link to Register. All suppliers interested in learning more about any potential contract opportunities described in this contract notice should submit their details (company name, lead contact name, lead contact email address and telephone number), including the reference you are interested in bidding for, in the first instance, to the following address: ASRAProcurementTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk. The Authority requires all participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) in order to be invited to participate in the competition for this project. Arrangements will then be made for registered suppliers to receive the NDA via email from the above mentioned email address. Suppliers must then provide a signed non-disclosure agreement via email to receive access to the Home Office and Asylum Interviews Procurement Documents and ITT event on the eSourcing Portal. Any expressions of interest not submitted in the required format (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. When sending the 'pdf' document, please ensure that you include the participant organisation's name in the filename. Once a correctly signed NDA is received by the Authority, participants will be invited to the Invitation to Tender (ITT) event and will be able to access all of the project documentation. The closing date for submissions will be 4pm on Friday 31 May 2024. ITT Response clarification requests must be submitted no later than 3pm on Friday 24 May 2024. The Authority reserve the right to delay or adjust our timetables or such other aspects of the procurement as we consider appropriate and will notify all bidders of any changes as and when these are required.