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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

3326.PS.LWM.22 Delivered Hospitality Services - Framework agreement

HospitalityCPV 55520000
Value£900k
Awarded7 Jul 2022
Published30 Sept 2022
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£900ktotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Hospitality & Catering band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University of Sheffield is seeking to award a contract by competitive tender, with the objective being to appoint a maximum of four suppliers, one of which must be a local community led catering provider, to a framework agreement to complement the in house hospitality services of the University in the provision of Delivered Hospitality Catering Services.

The University has a thriving portfolio of retail, hospitality, hotel, conference and event services, which are serviced by Accommodation and Commercial Services.

Employing circa 400 staff, we are proud to support the University's core and bespoke hospitality activities.

The primary aim of this procurement process therefore is to produce a list of approved suppliers, a maximum of four, that can demonstrate they are able to meet the Food Safety and Health and Safety standards required to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff, students and visitors to the University.

The full technical specification can be found in the ITT documentation, which will be available after you have expressed your interest on In-Tend.

Tender Process and Documentation: This is an FTS Open tender exercise.

The ITT can be downloaded by registering and expressing your interest on the University`s e-tendering system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/Sheffield If you have any questions or comments in relation to this tender, they must be submitted via the In-tend System.

Your tender response must also be submitted through InTend to arrive by the date and time specified.

Late tenders will not be considered.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Employing circa 400 staff, we are proud

Employing circa 400 staff, we are proud to support the University's core and bespoke hospitality activities.

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The primary aim of this procurement process

The primary aim of this procurement process therefore is to produce a list of approved suppliers, a maximum of four, that can demonstrate they are able to meet the Food Safety and Health and Safety standards required to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff, students and visitors to the University.

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Your tender response must also be submitted

Your tender response must also be submitted through InTend to arrive by the date and time specified.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)says mustFrameworks & routes to market
…ract by competitive tender, with the objective being to appoint a maximum of four suppliers, one of which must be a local community led catering provider, to a framework agreement to complement the in house hospitality services of the University in the provision of Delivered Hospitality Catering Services.…

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
6f399fc0-645c-40ed-b844-7d2e1a2da806
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
3326.PS.LWM.22
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