Tender: UK-Worksop: catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
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UK-Worksop: catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
2010/S 48-071131
CONTRACT NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
- I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S):
North Nottinghamshire College, Carlton Road, Contact: The Litmus Partnership, Attn: Kyla Whitefoot, Worksop S81 7HP, UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 1276673880. E-mail: kylawhitefoot@litmuspartnership.co.uk. Fax +44 1276673888.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk.
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.nnotts-col.ac.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: As in above-mentioned contact point(s).
- I.2)TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Education.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no.
SECTION II: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT
- II.1)DESCRIPTION
- II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Tender for the provision of catering services.
- II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance:
Services.
Service category: No 17.
Main place of performance: North Nottinghamshire College, Carlton Road, Worksop.
NUTS code: UKF15.
- II.1.3)The notice involves:
A public contract.
- II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
North Nottinghamshire College is a Further Education College situated in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. It is based on a single campus and serves some 7 500 students annually, with approximately 20 % attending on a full-time basis. There are, in addition, approximately 400 college staff.
North Nottinghamshire College is looking to appoint an experienced supplier to provide staff and student Catering Services to its Worksop campus. Current catering facilities within the college include provision through ‘The Bistro’ of breakfast, luncheon and snacks and beverages through to late afternoon. A limited quantity of distress, stationery and greetings cards are available during Bistro opening hours. There are also a number of Klix drinks vendors and confectionery vendors situated around the college.
‘The Bistro’ is open Monday to Friday throughout the year, although provision during half-term and holiday periods is somewhat reduced.
There are extensive hospitality requirements for meetings and visitors.
A free meal service is supplied daily (during term time) to 4 local schools.
An ATM machine is available and is currently managed by the catering services contractor.
There is a requirement by the college for investment funding in order to develop and improve its catering provision to its students, staff and visitors. Tenderers will be asked to propose recommendations and funding options towards this improvement.
It is anticipated that, as part of this new contract arrangement, existing staff will transfer to the new catering services supplier under TUPE regulations.
- II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV):
55523000, 55511000.
- II.1.8)Division into lots:
No.
- II.1.9)Variants will be accepted:
Yes.
- II.3)DURATION OF THE CONTRACT OR TIME-LIMIT FOR COMPLETION:
Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract).
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement:
II.1.7)Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
II.2)QUANTITY OR SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
II.2.2)Options:
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- III.1)CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRACT
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions regulating them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject:
III.2)CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers:
III.2.2)Economic and financial capacity:
III.2.3)Technical capacity:
III.2.4)Reserved contracts:
III.3)CONDITIONS SPECIFIC TO SERVICES CONTRACTS
III.3.1)Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession:
III.3.2)Legal entities should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service:
SECTION IV: PROCEDURE
- IV.1)TYPE OF PROCEDURE
- IV.1.1)Type of procedure:
Restricted.
- IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate:
Envisaged minimum number: 3. Maximum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A minimum of 3 suppliers and a maximum of 5 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 3 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those 5 suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.
- IV.2)AWARD CRITERIA
- IV.2.1)Award criteria:
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document.
- IV.2.2)An electronic auction will be used:
No.
- IV.3)ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
- IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract:
No.
- IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document:
Time limit for receipt of requests for documents or for accessing documents: 9.4.2010 - 12:00.
- IV.3.4)Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:
9.4.2010 - 12:00.
- IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up:
English.
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue:
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates:
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender:
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening tenders:
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
- VI.1)THIS IS A RECURRENT PROCUREMENT:
- VI.3)ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Interest in the pre-qualification process should be expressed via email only to kylawhitefoot@litmuspartnership.co.uk, clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. The closing deadline for completion of the pre-qualification process is 12:00 noon on 9.4.2010.
- VI.5)DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE:
5.3.2010.
VI.2)CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY EU FUNDS:
VI.4)PROCEDURES FOR APPEAL
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures:
VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals:
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained:
