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Coffee 066-2024 Supply of Coffee Products at Manchester Central Convention Complex

Food & BeveragesCPV 15860000
Value£210k
Awarded1 Mar 2024
Published7 Jun 2024
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£210ktotal contract value
median £286k
this tender£0£8.8m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Food & Beverages band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 2,386 valued Food & Beverages tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Manchester Central is currently looking for a supplier to supply: 1.

Bean to Cup machine specification • Meeting room bean to cup machines offering a full range of hot drinks and hot chocolate options. • Supply a minimum of 13 machines. • Coffee Machines need to have a capacity of 150 plus coffees per day and work on mobile locations with or without a flow pump. • Coffee Machine must have a fresh milk capacity. • Machines to run on 13amp power. • Machines will need to provide a minimum of the below products; - Americano - Espresso - Latte - Cappuccino - Flat White - Hot Chocolate - All of the above to be served in an 8oz cup.

2.

Supply of ground coffee for use in Bravilor bulk brew machines • Ground coffee to be provided in either 500g or 1kg bags and must be suitable for use in Bravilor bulk brew machines.

These machines are owned by Manchester Central.

There is no requirement to provide bulk brew machines within this tender process, just bean to cup machines, as detailed above.

The successful supplier will be providing services to Manchester Central Convention Complex, Manchester Town Hall Complex, Runway Visitors Park and Central Library cafés.

Estimated annual spend is circa £70k.

Spend is estimated on current supply.

Manchester Central are unable to guarantee such levels of purchasing.

The Contract will be for a period of three (3) years from the commencement date of services, with a client only option to extend for up to an additional twelve (12) months.

The anticipated Contract start date is 1st May 2024.

As a world-class international convention centre, Manchester Central requires products of the highest quality.

The successful supplier will provide coffee products for all onsite retail operations and hospitality events where an excess of 10,000 cups are served per day.

Given the dynamic nature of the events industry, the supplier will be expected to respond to orders as required, potentially with a last minute or same day delivery, including Saturday and Sunday orders.

Manchester Central currently use three different types of coffee machines to aid event delivery with further information listed in the next section. • Bean to cup machines (to be supplied in this contract) • Traditional barista machines (owned by Manchester Central) • Bravilor bulk brew machines (owned by Manchester Central) The successful supplier will be contracted to provide a full maintenance service and detailed SLA on all callouts.

As part of your tender submission, please specify your callout process, timeframes for engineers' attendance and spares/parts that engineers carry as routine.

The successful supplier must have the ability to provide additional bean-to-cup machines on a shot term basis for extremely high demand events.

As part of your tender submission, please specify quantity, any additional costs and the process for managing, short term supply of additional machines.

All bean-to-cup machines are to be provided with the costs built into t

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Supply a minimum of 13 machines

Supply a minimum of 13 machines.

02

Coffee Machines need to have a capacity

Coffee Machines need to have a capacity of 150 plus coffees per day and work on mobile locations with or without a flow pump.

03

Coffee Machine must have a fresh milk

Coffee Machine must have a fresh milk capacity.

04

Machines will need to provide a minimum

Machines will need to provide a minimum of the below products;.

05

Supply of ground coffee for use in

Supply of ground coffee for use in Bravilor bulk brew machines.

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