Aurelius

(asked on 2nd February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what competitive tendering process was followed prior to Aurelius taking control of the Community Rehabilitation Company from Working Links in Wales and the West Country.


Answered by
Sam Gyimah Portrait
Sam Gyimah
This question was answered on 9th February 2017

In the competition to award contracts to manage the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs), all bidders were rigorously assessed against robust quality, legal, commercial and financial criteria. The bid accepted by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) from Working Links for the contracts to run the Wales, Devon Dorset and Cornwall and Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset and Wiltshire CRCs included the restructuring of the way services were delivered and the implementation of a new operating model. A thorough evaluation process was undertaken to assess the operational viability of this bid in the wider context of rehabilitation, public protection and reducing reoffending, and plans to realise efficiencies across the business.

Nothing in the department’s contracts with the CRCs owned by Working Links has changed as a result of the sale and due diligence investigations were carried out prior to the sale to make sure services will continue to be satisfactorily provided. The Working Links CRCs are continuing to provide services in accordance with their contracts and are being robustly managed by our contract management teams to make sure they fulfil their contractual obligations in relation to service delivery, reducing reoffending, protecting the public and providing value for money to the taxpayer.

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