Supply Catering Services to University of Gloucestershire

United Kingdom-Cheltenham: Catering services

2015/S 234-425180

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

University of Gloucestershire
Delta Place, 27 Bath Road
For the attention of: Robin Hare/Suz Swan, Procurement and Contract Manager
GL53 7TH Cheltenham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1242714178
E-mail: procurement@glos.ac.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: www.glos.ac.uk

Address of the buyer profile: http://www.glos.ac.uk/partnerships/pages/procurement.aspx

Electronic access to information: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/583bb1aa-07f0-4408-940d-43bc440df488

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

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:

Catering Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 27: Other services

NUTS code UKK13

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Catering Services for the University of Gloucestershire.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

55520000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

The University of Gloucestershire is seeking to appoint an Economic Operator with the relevant experience, competency and capacity to manage the provision of its catering and bar services for a four year period from 1.8.2016.
The University currently provides catering and bars in its three main campus locations at The Park and Francis Close Hall in Cheltenham and Oxstalls in Gloucester. There is also a coffee shop at the Hardwick Centre and a bar at Pittville halls of residence. Conference and hospitality catering is also provided. A Student village is currently being developed at the University’s Pittville site.
The selected Economic Operator will be required to input to the design discussion that will progress through 2016 and will ultimately operate this new facility from September 2017.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 1 and 6 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Starting 1.8.2016. Completion 31.7.2020

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 governing 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

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Please see the information contained in the tender pack.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

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 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Please see Document 2 — Information for Qualitative Selection (IFQS) form contained in the tender pack.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

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)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

UOG/15/212/FAC

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

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: 6.1.2016 – 14:30
Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

6.1.2016 – 14:30

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

15.1.2016

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

The tender pack can be downloaded from:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/583bb1aa-07f0-4408-940d-43bc440df488

All queries and clarification requests should be e-mailed to procurement@glos.ac.uk. Responses to clarification questions will be uploaded to this site at regular intervals. Economic Operators wishing to be notified of these uploads should forward their e-mail address to procurement@glos.ac.uk

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

University of Gloucestershire
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procurement@glos.ac.uk

Body responsible for mediation procedures

University of Gloucestershire
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procurement@glos.ac.uk

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Appeals need to be made in accordance with the provisions of Chapters 5 and 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

University of Gloucestershire
UNITED KINGDOM
Internet address: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/102/part/3/chapter/6/made

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

30.11.2015