Find a TenderPast planning noticePlanned procurement notice
Published 3 Apr 2025, 11:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Operator for Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens

Official notice

Authority: Great Yarmouth Borough Council (Local council)·On behalf of: East Suffolk Council

2 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdMax 1 lot per supplier
Planned pipeline value£33,480,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 18 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice
Lots 2max 1 won per supplier
Contract term 10 yrsends 6 Nov 2035 · starts 7 Nov 2025

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Procurement Specific Questionnaire ("PSQ") is made available by Great Yarmouth Borough Council (the 'Authority') to Applicants wishing to express an interest in its procurement for an operator for the Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens (the "Project") in the Find a Tender Service ('FTS') Tender Notice.

The Authority invites economic operators to express interest in the following lots:

(a) Lot 1 - Full operation of the Winter Gardens;

(b) Lot 2 - Provision of a food and beverage offering and events at the Winter Gardens.

CPV: Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · win at most 1 of them
Lot #1Full operation of the Winter GardensPlanned 10 yrs

Under Lot 1, the Provider would be responsible for the full operation of the Winter Gardens covering:

  • Internal building maintenance
  • Visitor experience
  • Food and beverage operation

Under both Lots 1 and 2 the Authority will retain responsibility for the external maintenance of the Winter Gardens

Contract period: 7 Nov 2025 – 6 Nov 2035 (10 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Lot #2Provision of a food and beverage offering and events operation and management at the Winter Gardens.Planned 10 yrs

Under Lot 2:

the Provider would be responsible for food and beverage operations including F&B for events,

the Authority will retain responsibility for all areas outside of the Provider's demise as defined in the Lease,

the Authority will require the Provider to pay an operator fee which will include a contribution to hard and soft facilities management and structural maintenance costs for the building

Under both Lots 1 and 2 the Authority will retain responsibility for the external maintenance of the Winter Gardens

Contract period: 7 Nov 2025 – 6 Nov 2035 (10 yrs)
Delivery: East of England

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
3 Apr 2025, 11:20 BST
Last source update
17 Apr 2025, 15:48 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 7 Nov 2025
Authority reference
2583-PPT-R
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-016017
Latest notice
Planned procurement notice (UK3)
Classification (CPV)
Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04fc89 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission deadline
1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
17 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

3 Apr 2025 → 7 Nov 2025 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:20 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    17 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Latest notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 15:48 BST
  4. Tender notice expected
    18 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract starts356 days ago
    7 Nov 2025
  7. Award decision expected by355 days ago
    7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 3 Apr 2025
  1. Planned procurement notice published
    3 Apr 2025, 11:20 BST
    UK3
  2. Planned procurement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 13:54 BST
    UK3
  3. Planned procurement notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 15:48 BST
    UK3
Published amendments (2)

Please ignore this UK3 notice and refer to the PSQ in the UK4 Notice of Conditions of Participation published 16/04/2025.

Dates changed to match UK4 which supersedes this notice. Please ignore this UK3 notice.

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

2 public bodies on the notice

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXDC-1245-VQNQ Town Hall, Great Yarmouth, East of England, NR30 2QFContact email

Other public bodies

  • East Suffolk CouncilProcess contact pointProcuring entityPosting procurement on Intend platform on behalf of GYBCGB-PPON: PLPP-1174-BHLX Woodbridge, East of EnglandContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (6)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsPDF
  • Bidding documents and specifications tenderBidding documents and specificationsDOCX
  • Bidding documents and specificationstenderBidding documents and specificationsAccess: All documents will be posted on East Suffolk Council Intend web portal: https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/eastsuffolk/aspx/Home

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