Official UK procurement notice
Catering Consultancy Services Framework
Authority: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOriginally procured to offer support services to both Wakehurst and Kew, this consultancy offers the business managers insight to current catering trends, develops catering strategy and helps ensure quality and adherence to services.
CPV: Business development consultancy services · Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 15
- Price carries 15 of 85 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Catering Consultancy Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 22 Nov 2022, 15:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 11 May 2023, 14:40 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
RBGKEW668- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013475- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03875eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Jan 2023, 10:05 GMT
Timeline
19 Jan 2023 → 11 May 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Jan 2023, 10:00 GMT
- Bids opened19 Jan 2023, 10:05 GMT
- Notice published11 May 2023, 14:40 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 May 2023- Status changed to complete11 May 2023, 14:40 BST
- Buyer details updated11 May 2023, 14:40 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 013475-2023-1
- Signed
- 28 Mar 2023
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Botanic Garden KewReview body
- The High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- o Food Service Associates (Henley) Ltd t/a Boyd-Thorpe AssociatesFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.