Official UK procurement notice
RBGE - Edinburgh Garden Catering Concession
Authority: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is seeking a single supplier to operate the visitor and events catering service at the Botanic in Edinburgh within existing visitor catering facilities at the John Hope Gateway, Terrace Café and external/takeaway operation at East Gate; in addition to event venues at Caledonian Hall, John Hope Gateway and locations elsewhere in the Garden. The Caterer will be encouraged to maximise catering opportunities, using existing space to its potential and extending opportunities where possible, considering other areas by agreement with RBGE. RBGE wishes to develop a sustainable, creative and innovative partnership for catering, to best meet the needs of the existing customer base, attract new markets and maximise the overall commercial opportunity.
- Recurrence: 7 Years after award. Winter 2030
CPV: Canteen and catering services · Catering services · Restaurant and food-serving services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RBGE is seeking a single supplier to operate the visitor and events catering service…Published value£12,500,000
RBGE is seeking a single supplier to operate the visitor and events catering service at the Edinburgh Garden within existing visitor catering facilities at the John Hope Gateway, Terrace Café and external/takeaway operation at East Gate; in addition to event venues at Caledonian Hall, John Hope Gateway and locations elsewhere in the Garden catering contract is managed RBGE behalf by trading subsiduary The Botanics Trading Company (BTC) (SC136616). The Caterer will be encouraged to maximise catering opportunities, using existing space to its potential and extending opportunities where possible, considering other areas by agreement with RBGE. RBGE wishes to develop a sustainable, creative and innovative partnership for catering, to best meet the needs of the existing customer base, attract new markets and maximise the overall commercial opportunity sales team within the BTC manages sales.
This tender is being conducted as a two-stage concession tender, with those successful in passing the SPD at 60% or more invited to take part in a later Invitation to Tender stage.
The SPD focus is on the Tenderer’s characteristics and suitability in principle to provide the requirements, rather than how they will provide the specific requirements of this contract, which will be covered in the later ITT stage.
The contract is expected to commence on 1 April 2024 and is anticipated to run for a period of five years (5), with provision to extend for a further two (2) years. Up to a total of seven years (7) duration.
This procurement excludes the staff restaurant and soft FM provision for the Garden.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0023 Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/23/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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 · 7 Years after award. Winter 2030
- First published
- 24 Apr 2023, 12:23 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Apr 2023, 12:23 BST
- Authority reference
RBGE 2023 301- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011647- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c389Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=728404. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Details will provided in the Second Stage of the Procurement process. (SC Ref:728404) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=728404
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 31 May 2023, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
24 Apr 2023 → 31 May 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published24 Apr 2023, 12:23 BST
- Submission deadline31 May 2023, 15:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria