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Published 8 Jun 2021, 12:15 BST

Official UK procurement notice

High Lodge Café Concession

Official notice

Authority: Forestry England

ServicesAward procedure with prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Published estimate£10,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Jul 2021awarded 29 Oct 2021
Awarded to VERTAS GROUP LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Forestry England has an opportunity for the operation of the High Lodge Café concession lease. Our intention is to award a 10-year lease that includes a mutual break clause operable at any time after the end of year 5 subject to 12 months’ prior notice. A full copy of the draft lease is included in the tender documents. The total value of this lease opportunity will be in the region of £10million. The lease will start 1st April 2022.

  • Recurrence: May 2031

CPV: Restaurant and food-serving services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£10,000,000
Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM

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
  • Food Offer
  • Fit-out Design/Alterations
  • Environmental
  • Vision
  • Service and Customer Care
  • Partnerships / Innovation / Marketing
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/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
Yes · May 2031
First published
8 Jun 2021, 12:15 BST
Last source update
16 Nov 2021, 12:15 GMT
Authority reference
FEE/0854
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028581
Classification (CPV)
Restaurant and food-serving services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b963 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As stated in the procurement documents

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=643544625 GO Reference: GO-20211116-PRO-19241818

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
27 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

27 Jul 2021 → 16 Nov 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    16 Nov 2021, 12:15 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Nov 2021, 12:15 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,000,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
VERTAS GROUP LIMITED£10,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forestry England

Contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsForestry 620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, UK, BS16 1EJContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Vertas Group LtdAwarded supplier07728211 Beacon House, White House Road, Ipswich, UK, IP1 5PBContact email, phone

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