Investor: Ministry of Justice Investor Type: Central Government Budget: 2775 mil. CZK Project Type: PPP Project Line: Courts and Prisons Stage: Prior to Concessionaire Selection Country: Czech Republic Region: Jihomoravský kraj Modified: 10. 6. 2009

Description: The Authority’s strategic goal is to align with European standards and foreign practice in prison infrastructure, including related auxiliary services. The Authority wishes to:
- solve the problem of crowded prison facilities and increase the accommodation capacity for prison inmates,
- verify the possibility of cooperation with the private sector in PPP projects in the field of prisons as a standard tool for satisfying the needs of prison services.
In the form of a PPP project, provide for the infrastructure and related services of a guarded prison with an accommodation capacity of 500 inmates with the following allocation of activities: the private partner will design, build, finance and operate the prison for a defined period of time. The Prison Service will determine the service specifications and provide for the guarding of the inmates.
The facility’s capacity has to be sufficient for the application of all recent observations in the field of execution of punishments/imprisonment. One of the project’s goal is to provide accommodation for prison inmates with the maximum capacity of two inmates per room, to enable their employment, to provide them with some room for cultural programs and their interests (study rooms, workshops, work-out room), provide catering and individual self-service activities.
The accommodation capacity has to meet European standards, i.e. 6 sq. m of accommodation space per person. The room structure has to be such that 75% of the accommodation capacity will be single rooms and 25% double rooms. Each room has to be equipped with a toilet and a basin. The inmates will be divided into groups of about 25 persons in which specific treatment approaches are applied. Each group has to have a common room and showers. The prison facility has to include:
- check-in and release section and section for the execution of disciplinary punishments,
- healthcare facility (general practitioner’s office, dentist’s office),
- administration building for the staff’s activities, locker rooms and sanitary facilities as well as other operation premises used for garages, storage and release of materials,
- lodging house for the staff – prison service personnel,
- production halls with the possibility of employment of 60% of inmates.
The facility has to be enclosed with a 5m high concrete wall and a 3.5m high internal fence. External and internal security signaling system has to be designed in the scope specified in the internal procedures of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic.
At the beginning of 2006 an advisory consortium was selected, consisting of Delloite CZ, Atkins s.r.o. and the law firm Havel&Holásek, v.o.s. The consortium started working in April 2006 officially.
The OBC was approved by Government Resolution No. 605 on 21st May 2008.
The private partner (concessionaire) selection process should be started in 2009 and should be finished in 2010, when construction should also begin.
The investment costs of the current option are CZK 1.1 billion.

DBFO (Design, Build, Finance, Operate) with transfer to the state.
Contract duration is estimated at 25 years.
The private partner should bear the key risks, especially service availability, project, building, financial and operating risks.
The Authority will regularly pay a service availability fee for the provided services. Some of the income can come from profits generated from the sales of the inmate’s products.

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