The Provincial Government has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking business teams interested in designing, building, financing and maintaining a new correctional facility to replace Her Majesty’s Penitentiary (HMP).
The new correctional facility will more than double the capacity of the existing HMP. The facility will make better use of technology to increase safety, allowing for more programming, recreation, and better mental health and addiction services.
The Department of Transportation and Works anticipates issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to qualifying firms in early 2021, construction starting in 2022, and construction being completed in 2024-25.
A value-for-money assessment completed by EY in 2018 recommended that government use the design, build, finance and maintain approach compared to the traditional design-build approach as savings anticipated to be 11.9 per cent over the 30 years of the contract.
Contracts for technical, fairness, financial and procurement advisors were awarded in March.
Quotes
“The construction industry will play a significant role in in helping our economy rebound from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Construction of new schools, long-term care homes, the west coast hospital, the adult mental health and addictions hospital, and this new correctional facility will help our economy by providing employment for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians.”
Honourable Steve Crocker
Minister of Transportation and Works
“The new correctional facility will transform corrections in Newfoundland and Labrador building on the changes to date that have focused on improving mental health and addictions, in addition to new programs that have encouraged alternatives to incarceration. Corrections has evolved over the years and the reality is HMP makes it difficult to facilitate programming inmates of the 21st century deserve. We remain committed to a new facility that will increase safety for inmates and staff.”
Honourable Andrew Parsons
Minister of Justice and Public Safety
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