12 March 2008 - Strukton and Ballast Nedam have been selected as the preferred bidder in the European call for tenders for the new Detention Centre Rotterdam PPP. Both companies are part of the DC16 consortium along with EGM Architects, ISS Facility Services and Smits van Burgst. DC16 submitted the most competitive tender for the DBFMO contract (Design, Build, Finance, Maintain and Operate) of roughly € 100m. The contract has a span of 25 years.

Detention Centre Rotterdam is the first custodial institution in the Netherlands to be contracted as a Public Private Partnership, or PPP.

The Detention Centre Rotterdam project calls for the construction of a new detention centre with 320 detention cells capable of housing 576 detainees. The project will also provide around 95 office spaces, parking facilities for 210 cars and 50 bicycles. The new detention centre is to address the current need for detention capacity. It will replace the temporary detention centres that are momentarily in use in Rotterdam and Dordrecht.

DC16 has bundled all facets of the project – design, construction, financing, facilities services, maintenance and operations – in an integrated contract with a span of 25 years. Long-term costs will be kept low, since all services will be designed, financed and operated in tandem by a single party. The National Agency of Correctional Institutions of the Ministry of Justice is the client, and is represented as such by the Government Building Agency on behalf of the national government.

The PPP project was tendered in accordance with the competitive dialogue procurement procedure. This approach is designed to allow market parties to include innovative solutions in their tenders and to enter into constructive dialogue with the tender authority. The selection of DC16 was based on the combination of price and quality.

Artist Impression: EGM Architects