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Ararat Prison
Project Summary
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| Project name | | Ararat Prison |
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| Status | | Bidding Closed |
| Department or agency | | Department of Justice |
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| Description | | On 30 July 2008 the government announced that a new prison would be built at Ararat under a public-private partnership arrangement. The new prison will be a 350-bed medium-security protection prison adjacent to the existing Ararat Prison.
This project is a key part of the progressive upgrade of Victoria’s correctional system and will provide correctional services to meet future projected prisoner growth. There will be opportunities to share common buildings and support services between the new and existing facilities.
A shortlist of bidders was announced on 23 June 2009. On 12th November, 2009 two bids were received from:
- Aegis Correctional Partnership (Bilfinger Berger, Commonwealth Bank, St Hilliers Contracting, Hawkins Construction and Programmed Facility Management); and
- Plenary Justice Consortium (Plenary Group, John Holland and Honeywell).
The private sector consortium will design, build, finance and maintain the facility, while custodial services are provided by Corrections Victoria. In return, the consortium will receive service payments once the prison is operational, subject to meeting performance standards.
The Department of Justice is managing procurement of the facility. The Ararat Prison expansion is expected to be completed in late 2012.
This is the first Victorian social infrastructure project to be procured in accordance with the National PPP Guidelines approved by COAG in November 2008 (available on the Infrastructure Australia website). |
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Johan Top, Project Director, Ararat Prison Project
Phone: 61 3 8684 7708
Email: Johan Top
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