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Aylesbury Vale District Council

Cafe Management

HospitalityCPV 55520000
ValueValue not published
Awarded16 Feb 2018
Published4 Feb 2019
RegionSouth East
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

The brief

CAFÉ MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AYLESBURY VALE DISTRICT COUNCIL GATEWAY OFFICES AND CONFERENCE CENTRE Aylesbury Vale District Council is tendering the Management Contract for the operation of its Café for the Gateway offices and conference centre in Aylesbury.

The Gateway represents a modern and high specification office suite for the local authority and other public bodies, hosting up to 350 employees.

The conference centre offers facilities for some 300, and whilst forming part of the Gateway offices complex is also capable of separate use.

The Council requires a high standard of catering for their staff and hospitality services for both internal AVDC events and meetings and external hirers events and meetings, and is now seeking Expressions of Interest (EOI) from potential service providers wishing to tender to provide their café requirements.

There are two facilities at the location: • A cafe with provision for some 50 No covers, used daily Monday - Friday by staff and open to visitors attending the conference centre, as well as the public (although not advertised as such); • A conference centre which is used for internal Council and Council-sponsored events and also external events, meetings and functions.

The successful bidder will provide catering services within the Café and for the day to day hospitality requirements within the Conference Centre.

Further detail will be provided in the tender documents.

The Council is looking to receive an income from the contractor as a part of this contract.

Further details will be provided within the tender documentation.

The Council seeks expressions of interest from suitably experienced organisations for the provision of the services required under this contractual concession.

All contractors expressing an interest will be required to complete a Supplier Selection Questionnaire.

The SSQ is designed to assess the applicant's financial standing and technical capacity as well as to determine whether there are any legal impediments to the applicant's further participation in the process.

The information disclosed in the SSQ, once it has been completed by your organisation, will be used to short-list those applicants to be invited to submit tenders for the contract.

Please express your interest to sdeyes@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk by 5pm Friday 16thFebruary 2018

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

300, and whilst forming part of

300, and whilst forming part of the Gateway offices complex is also capable of separate use.

02

To provide their café requirements

to provide their café requirements.

03

The successful bidder will provide catering services

The successful bidder will provide catering services within the Café and for the day to day.

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What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Audited accounts / financial standingFinancial standing & cover
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