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Serco prisoner transport contract to be opened to tender
Serco will have to compete for Western Australia's prison transport and court security contract after the State Government decided to put it out to competitive tender.
After a series of high profile failures with other private contractors, Serco was awarded a five year contract in 2011 which expires on June 30 next year.
The contract had scope for a five year extension, but after an internal review, Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis told Parliament the contract would not be rolled over.
"As a result of the review process, the Government has now informed Serco that it doesn't intend rolling over copy alhambra van cleef bracelet that contract," he said
Mr Francis said the existing contract had undergone a number of variations due to what he described as "changes in policy and circumstances".
As a result, corrective services commissioner James McMahon was tasked with working with the Department of Attorney General and police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan to review the Serco contract.
The review recommended the contract be put to tender.
"Tender documents will be released for public tender in the coming months," he said.
"The knock off van cleef green bracelet Department of Corrective Services will identify replica vintage alhambra bracelet future service delivery options and advise the Government on its preferred service delivery model."
Under the contract, Serco provided a range of services including court security and transporting prisoners between prisons, to court and to hospital.
According to the Department of Corrective Services, more than 35,000 prisoner movements occur each year, covering more than a million kilometres across metropolitan, regional and remote WA.
Death of elder, escapes under previous contractorsSerco has held the contract since 2011, when it took over from rival firm G4S.
G4S was prosecuted and fined over the 2008 death of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward, who died from the effects of extreme heat while being transported to Kalgoorlie in a prison van with no air conditioning.
G4S had taken over the contract from AIMS after that contractor was severely criticised for the escape of nine prisoners from the WA Supreme Court in 2004.
While there has been no repeat of either the incident involving Mr Ward, or the mass escape at the Supreme Court, Serco has been criticised over a series of escapes from custody in 2014.
Mr McMahon told a parliamentary inquiry that security had been a serious problem but had now been addressed.
But the same hearing heard other evidence of concerns that even minimum security prisoners were being shackled, of delays with getting prisoners to court, and even problems with ensuring prisoners were properly fed during the day.
The State Opposition welcomed the decision to put the contract to tender but said the public sector should be part of the competitive process.
"This is an opportunity to ensure that the public sector is able to compete, in a transparent and fair basis," Opposition corrective services spokesman Paul Papalia said.
"There should be a public sector team appointed to deliver an alternative to the private operators."
Mr Papalia said any new contract should be limited to the term of government.
The contract expires on the June 30, 2016, less than a year before the March 2017 state election.
In a statement, Serco said it intended to continue providing high quality court security and custodial services until the contract concluded on the June 30 next year.
Serco will have to compete for Western Australia's prison transport and court security contract after the State Government decided to put it out to competitive tender.
After a series of high profile failures with other private contractors, Serco was awarded a five year contract in 2011 which expires on June 30 next year.
The contract had scope for a five year extension, but after an internal review, Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis told Parliament the contract would not be rolled over.
"As a result of the review process, the Government has now informed Serco that it doesn't intend rolling over copy alhambra van cleef bracelet that contract," he said
Mr Francis said the existing contract had undergone a number of variations due to what he described as "changes in policy and circumstances".
As a result, corrective services commissioner James McMahon was tasked with working with the Department of Attorney General and police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan to review the Serco contract.
The review recommended the contract be put to tender.
"Tender documents will be released for public tender in the coming months," he said.
"The knock off van cleef green bracelet Department of Corrective Services will identify replica vintage alhambra bracelet future service delivery options and advise the Government on its preferred service delivery model."
Under the contract, Serco provided a range of services including court security and transporting prisoners between prisons, to court and to hospital.
According to the Department of Corrective Services, more than 35,000 prisoner movements occur each year, covering more than a million kilometres across metropolitan, regional and remote WA.
Death of elder, escapes under previous contractorsSerco has held the contract since 2011, when it took over from rival firm G4S.
G4S was prosecuted and fined over the 2008 death of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward, who died from the effects of extreme heat while being transported to Kalgoorlie in a prison van with no air conditioning.
G4S had taken over the contract from AIMS after that contractor was severely criticised for the escape of nine prisoners from the WA Supreme Court in 2004.
While there has been no repeat of either the incident involving Mr Ward, or the mass escape at the Supreme Court, Serco has been criticised over a series of escapes from custody in 2014.
Mr McMahon told a parliamentary inquiry that security had been a serious problem but had now been addressed.
But the same hearing heard other evidence of concerns that even minimum security prisoners were being shackled, of delays with getting prisoners to court, and even problems with ensuring prisoners were properly fed during the day.
The State Opposition welcomed the decision to put the contract to tender but said the public sector should be part of the competitive process.
"This is an opportunity to ensure that the public sector is able to compete, in a transparent and fair basis," Opposition corrective services spokesman Paul Papalia said.
"There should be a public sector team appointed to deliver an alternative to the private operators."
Mr Papalia said any new contract should be limited to the term of government.
The contract expires on the June 30, 2016, less than a year before the March 2017 state election.
In a statement, Serco said it intended to continue providing high quality court security and custodial services until the contract concluded on the June 30 next year.
The Wall