Official UK procurement notice
Nottinghamshire County Council - Joint Venture Partner - Catering and FM
Authority: Nottinghamshire County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNottinghamshire County Council (the Authority) has appointed a Provider to establish a joint venture to manage and operate to deliver (i) catering and facilities management (FM) services to the Authority; (ii) catering and/or FM services to schools; (iii) the County Enterprise Food Management services contract for the Authority; (iv) third party revenue growth for these services including through the management and operation of the County Enterprise Foods business. Further details can be found in the procurement documents made available with the Contract Notice (see previous publication below).
The main subject-matter of the services being procured are “light regime” services and falls under Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which govern the award of light regime service contracts. The Authority is using a procurement process modelled on the competitive dialogue procedure and the procurement documents describe this process in further detail.
CPV: Building and facilities management services · Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Continued from II.1.4 - The joint venture will operate for an initial period of 5…Awarded
Continued from II.1.4 - The joint venture will operate for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend to 5 years (a maximum duration of 10 years). The duration of contracts awarded to the joint venture will however vary. Additional information: The estimated value represents the current turnover of the range of services as presently delivered by the Council to its customers (a breakdown is set out in the procurement documents). However, potential returns will depend on many commercial factors including (but not limited to) the performance of the Provider and market conditions.
These indicative figures are estimated values and the services delivered by the JV may increase or decrease (in scope and volume) and so actual demand and usage may differ over the term of the JV.
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 sub-criteria (8)
- Schools Contracts: 20%
- Authority Buy Back Services Contract: 5%
- JV Workforce: 16%
- Third Party Revenue: 5%
- JV Partnering: 10%
- Legal: 12%
- Service Prices: 20%
- JV Commercial: 12%
Published award criteria (8)
- Schools Contracts: 20
- Authority Buy Back Services Contract: 5
- JV Workforce: 16
- Service Prices: 20
- Third Party Revenue: 5
- JV Partnering: 10
- Legal: 12
- JV Commercial: 12
- Price carries 32 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not 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
- Competitive dialogue
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Aug 2024, 17:17 BST
- Last source update
- 14 May 2025, 11:26 BST
- Authority reference
DN735523- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021163- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04876eFind a Tender
- Performance terms
The successful bidder may be required to help achieve social and/or environmental policy objectives relating to recruitment, training and supply-chain initiatives. Contract conditions may relate to these considerations
- Review procedure
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract), Regulation 87 (Standstill Period) and Regulations 91 (Enforcement of duties through the Court) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).
The Authority reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice
Publisher note: Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the SQ (prequalification questionnaire) by the date and time specified in IV.2.2. The Authority reserves the right not to accept requests to participate that are received after the deadline. Bidders are encouraged to submit their requests to participate well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may arise due to high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications at the same time.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Sept 2024 → 14 May 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline2 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published14 May 2025, 11:26 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 May 2025, 11:26 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERTAS GROUP LIMITED | £3,700,000,000 †ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021163-2025-1 · VERTAS GROUP LIMITED
- Signed
- 7 May 2025
- Value
- £3,700,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
- The High Court of Justice, The Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Vertas Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria