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A pipeline has been launched for Provision for the supply of Aluminium Window, Roof and Greenhouse Profile SystemsThe contract start Date is 01 March 2018. Approach to market date is 10 November 2017.Prison Sector Prison Industries have 17 Engineering and Windows work-shops employing over 500 prisoners. Manufacturing products for the internal market, MOD and commercial companies, disciplines include: welding and fabrication, sheet metal, CNC machining and powder painting in our engineering workshops and in our windows manufacturing cell windows, telephone boxes, tilt and turn windows, anti-finger trap doors, amongst other products. Window workshops are currently at HMP Coldingley, The Mount, Hewell and Wymott.This notice provides the outline of the intention to introduce a new contract for the supply of aluminium profile systems and other associated items for the manufacture of window frames, roofs, and greenhouses.The provision is split into 4 lots, window profile systems, roof profile systems, and greenhouse systems, the 4th lot is for all 3 lots combined.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: Ministry of Justice, Harcourt House 21 The Calls,Leeds LS2 7EH. Email: Complex.Sourcing@justice.gsi.gov.uk (Lee Taylor)

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