PCD 1368 Catering Contract Award Uplift

PART I - NON-CONFIDENTIAL FACTS AND ADVICE TO THE DMPC

1. Introduction and background

1. 1. MOPAC approved the award of contract for the supply of catering services in July 2022, PCD1219.  This covered Staff and Officer Dining, Hospitality Services, and Vending services, as well as the Custody Feeding and Operational Feeding services.

2. Issues for consideration

1. 1. Hospitality services include the provision of catering for training and events for staff,  officers and visitors.  Due to human error the value of the hospitality services was omitted from the contract award value.

3. Financial Comments

1. 1. The estimated annual cost of the hospitality services is £190,000 which over a potential 5 year term is £950,000.  This cost will be funded from within the existing MPS budget by the respective teams who order the catering.

4. Legal Comments

1. 1. MPS has confirmed that the procurement process and evaluation included the value of the hospitality service and that there are no procurement law risks arising from this request.

1. 2. The MOPAC Scheme of Delegation and Consent provides the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime (“DMPC”) has delegated authority to call in any MPS proposal to award a contract for £500,000 or above (paragraph 4.14).

5. GDPR and Data Privacy

1. 1. MOPAC will adhere to the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 and ensure that any organisations who are commissioned to do work with or on behalf of MOPAC are fully compliant with the policy and understand their GDPR responsibilities. 

1. 2. The MPS assure that this project does not use personally identifiable data of members of the public, so there are no GDPR issues to be considered.

6. Equality Comments

1. 1. MOPAC is required to comply with the public sector equality duty set out in section 149(1) of the Equality Act 2010. This requires MOPAC to have due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations by reference to people with protected characteristics. The protected characteristics are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

1. 2. The MPS assure that there are no significant equality or diversity implications arising from this request to uplift the contract value.

7. Background/supporting papers

1. 1. Appendix 1 MPS Report – Catering Hospitality