All contents within this guidance are to be treated as OFFICIAL and the link to the platform is not to be shared externally.
Contingency processes have been agreed to ensure that HMPPS will be able to purchase and pay for goods and services as normal during this time; support will also be provided for purchasing via GPC and a central team.
Detailed guidance will be issued shortly but please note that at present business as usual processes should be followed. If there are any difficulties ordering goods under contract due to low stock levels, please consult with the relevant category lead in CCMD who will be able to advise further.
Signs
To meet the public sector prisons (PSP) need, Prison Industries, Catering, Retail & PE (PSPI), in conjunction with health and safety colleagues have produced a suite of COVID-19 related signs and notices.
Initial production of these signs has now commenced and distribution will be via Regional PPE Hubs. This is to ensure that availability is consistent throughout PSP and to negate the need for prisons to procure through external suppliers. The formal process for prisons to order signs via Regional PPE hubs will be shared with Governors, Regional PPE SPoCs and HS&F teams soon.
PSPI will be focusing production on central demand/supplies and therefore prisons should not place orders directly with PSPI printing workshops.