HMPPS told us it had learnt lessons from its transformation programme and was applying these to its re-procurement of its contracts to deliver tagging services. In addition to pursuing off-the-shelf systems, it told us that it had decided to limit the number of suppliers in its new model to two. As part of the new model, one supplier will provide field and monitoring services while the other will provide tags and other hardware.44 The Ministry told us that it considered whether it should cont...

HMPPS told us it had learnt lessons from its transformation programme and was applying these to its re-procurement of its contracts to deliver tagging services. In addition to pursuing off-the-shelf systems, it told us that it had decided to limit the number of suppliers in its new model to two. As part of the new model, one supplier will provide field and monitoring services while the other will provide tags and other hardware.44 The Ministry told us that it considered whether it should contract with a single supplier, but believed this would concentrate the market too much. It recognised that, by definition, having two suppliers introduces Type: conclusion | Number: 24 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: August 2023 6.2 Project risks are managed in accordance with the EM Portfolio Risk Management Strategy (RMS). The RMS is based on the department’s policy on risk management