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Published 14 Jan 2022, 13:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Catering Services - Aspen Gardens Bistro

Official notice

Authority: North Star Housing Group Limited (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,667,000exc. VAT20% above published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Feb 2022awarded 29 Mar 2022
Awarded to Creative Management Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

North Star is looking to procure a provider of catering services to operate and run The Bistro at our Aspen Gardens site. Our Extra Care scheme, Aspen Gardens is located in the Hardwick area of Stockton. The Scheme is part of a regeneration area within a large housing estate of mixed development and tenure. The service is located close to a number of local amenities and on the doorstep to North Tees Hospital. The extra care scheme was developed in partnership with Stockton Borough Council and North Star to meet the needs of older people who need care and support to continue to live independently in the community and in their own home. The service opened in 2007, it is a building with a mixture of 50, two bedroomed apartments and Bungalows set around a courtyard with vast outdoor space. The building has several valuable facilities including a commercial kitchen enabling us to serve meals throughout the day in our fully refurbished light and airy bistro area, communal lounges, tr

CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Operate the Bistro at our Aspen Gardens siteAwardedRenewalPublished value£1,667,000

Operate the Bistro at our Aspen Gardens site. Full scope of works is available within the tender pack.

Delivery: North East · Stockton on Tees
Extensions: This contract will be awarded on a fixed 3 year basis with the option to extend for agreed periods up to a maximum of 10 yearsVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 50%Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 50
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 90 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. Quality carries 50 of 90: the paper moves it further than the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Jan 2022, 13:36 GMT
Last source update
29 Mar 2022, 12:56 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Feb 2022 – …
Authority reference
NSTAR P/REF 0038
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008394
Classification (CPV)
Canteen and catering servicesCatering services
Delivery area
North East (UKC11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030b31 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms

As outlined in the tender pack.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Contracting Authority will observe a standstill period following the award of contract and conduct itself in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015

Publisher note: The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award any contract pursuant to this procurement exercise and/or to abandon this procurement exercise at any time and/or to award a contract for part of the works at its sole discretion. The Contracting Authority shall have no liability whatsoever to any applicant or tenderer as a result of its exercise of that discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, all costs incurred by any applicant and/or tenderer before signature of any contract with the Contracting Authority shall be incurred entirely at that applicant`s/tenderer`s risk.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
14 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Feb 2022, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Feb 2022 → 29 Mar 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Feb 2022, 17:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Feb 2022, 09:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    29 Mar 2022, 12:56 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Mar 2022, 12:56 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Creative Management Services LimitedCatering Services - Aspen Gardens£2,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

North Star Housing Group

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities IP21256R Endeavour House, St.Marks Court , Thornaby , North East, TS17 6QNContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review BoardReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria