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Published 30 May 2022, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Whinlatter Café Concession · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Forestry Commission (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure with prior publication of a call for competition
Published estimate£8,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Jul 2022awarded 24 Oct 2022
Awarded to Southcott Catering Ltd2 awards

Re-procurement plannedCafe Concession - Gisburn · tender expected

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Forestry England has an opportunity for the operation of the Whinlatter 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 £6-8million. The lease will start 1st February 2023.

  • Recurrence: May 2032

CPV: Restaurant and food-serving services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West · Cumbria

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
  • Service & Customer Care
  • Fit-Out Design/Alterations
  • Financial Offer
  • Environmental
  • Partnerships / Innovation / Marketing
  • Vision
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 2032
First published
30 May 2022, 16:05 BST
Last source update
25 Nov 2022, 14:05 GMT
Authority reference
FEE/0991
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033517
Classification (CPV)
Restaurant and food-serving services
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0341a6 Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=736638411 GO Reference: GO-20221125-PRO-21569970

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

26 Jul 2022 → 25 Nov 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Jul 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    25 Nov 2022, 14:05 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Nov 2022, 14:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £7,000,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 2latest 24 Oct 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Southcott Catering LtdSME£7,000,000 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Southcott Catering LtdSME£7,000,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Forestry Commission

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

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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