Official UK procurement notice
G&R/Bristol City Council Catering and Events Services - SOFT MARKET TESTING
Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council currently outsources cafés, catering and event/ function services under a number of separate contracts across a number of venues including, but not limited to the City Hall, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG), MShed, the Central Library, the Create Centre, and the Mansion House.
To simplify and streamline our contract estate and drive improved returns from this valuable and diverse range of premises we are looking to engage a single supplier with specialist food industry expertise to assume delivery responsibility for the full suite of services under a consolidated concessionary agreement.
Please note this will be a concessionary contract.
Providers are invited to submit their thoughts via ProContract using the soft market testing form. The link to ProContract is contained in this notice.
A virtual engagement event with interested providers will be held on Wednesday 13th March 2024 between 12:00 - 13:00. Providers wishing to attend please email catering.review@bristol.gov.uk to register your interest, the Council will then forward you the joining instructions.
CPV: Catering services · Event services · Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Mar 2024, 14:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Mar 2024, 14:02 GMT
- Authority reference
DN713448- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007195- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044606Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Mar 2024 → 1 May 2024 · 2 dates- Notice published6 Mar 2024, 14:02 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 May 2024, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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