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Published 28 Sept 2021, 18:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2141/21 Student Centre Cafe Concession

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Published estimate£4,000,000exc. VAT50% above published estimate

Submissions closed 8 Nov 2021awarded 14 Dec 2021

Awarded to Hope Investments (NI) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s University Belfast and Queen’s Students’ Union invite tenders for a concessionaire with significant hospitality experience to operate the café and pop up unit in the new Student Centre building. The new building will contain vibrant social and commercial spaces and a focal point will be the prominent cafe on the ground floor, highly visible within the building and from University Road through the extensive glazing that surrounds much of the building. With 24,000 students and over 3,700 staff, 200 of which will be based in the Student Centre, the cafe will be in a unique position to capitalise on this footfall. The location of the Student Centre and its accessibility means it will also benefit from passing footfall, as the building will be open to all and not restricted to students and staff.

Recurrence: 60 months

CPV: Catering services · Retail trade services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Extensions: The contract is for a period of 60 months with the option to extend by up to a further 60 months. · Renewal may commence prior to the 120 month contract duration or 60 months if the option is not exercised.Variant bids: not allowed

55520000 Catering services 55900000 Retail trade services

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: 70%Price: 30%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 70%
Commission: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: 70
Commission: 30

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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

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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · 60 months
First published: 28 Sept 2021, 18:17 BST
Last source update: 7 Jan 2022, 10:09 GMT
Award evaluation window: 9 Nov 2021 – …
Authority reference: QUB/2141/21
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-000413
Classification (CPV): Catering servicesRetail trade services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02e5bf Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home ↗

Submission deadline: 8 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 9 Nov 2021, 10:00 GMT

Timeline

8 Nov 2021 → 7 Jan 2022 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
8 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
9 Nov 2021, 10:00 GMT
Notice published
7 Jan 2022, 10:09 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
7 Jan 2022, 10:09 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £6,000,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Dec 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Hope Investments (NI) LtdSMEStudent Centre Cafe Concession	£6,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Student Centre Cafe Concession · Hope Investments (NI) LtdSME
Signed
14 Dec 2021
Value
£6,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	3	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Purchasing Office, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Hope Investments (NI) LtdAwarded supplier Unit 3, 212-218 Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT4 3ETContact 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