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Request for Information for Provision of Visitor and Events Catering Services at Macduff Marine Aquarium

Canteen and catering services
Catering services
Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
Scotland (UKM50)
Published value
£1,750,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Aberdeenshire Council: "Request for Information for Provision of Visitor and Events Catering Services at Macduff Marine Aquarium". Published status: planned. Published value: £1,750,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityAberdeenshire CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,750,000
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Published history for Aberdeenshire Council. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
6.2Bids / Report
16.8% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 206 active published awards; 202 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityAberdeenshire Council
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
Last source update21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCanteen and catering services, Catering services, Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0519bb
What is being bought
Aberdeenshire Council are looking for information on the proposed addition of a cafe/restaurant catering concession at Macduff Marine Aquarium. Aberdeenshire Council has secured external funding to extend the aquarium, add in new interpretation, a new retail offer, and a new first floor cafe / restaurant. It is intended to begin operation around March 2027. Further information is included in the attached questionnaire. Aberdeenshire Council welcomes suggestions, proposals, and innovations from suppliers, by completing the attached questionnaire and returning it to patricia.weeks@aberdeenshire.gov.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 4th June 2025.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Published value updated to £1,750,000
    21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
  2. Status changed to planned
    21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
  4. Buyer information updated
    21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    Aberdeenshire Council are looking for information on the proposed addition of a cafe/restaurant catering concession at Macduff Marine Aquarium. Aberdeenshire Council has secured external funding to extend the aquarium, add in new interpretation, a new retail offer, and a new first floor cafe / restaurant. It is intended to begin operation around March 2027. Further information is included in the attached questionnaire. Aberdeenshire Council welcomes suggestions, proposals, and innovations from suppliers, by completing the attached questionnaire and returning it to patricia.weeks@aberdeenshire.gov.uk by 5pm on Wednesday 4th June 2025.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    21 May 2025, 09:20 BST
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Aberdeenshire Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-756
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