Published date: 17 November 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Repair and maintenance services of building installations - 50700000

  • Property management services of real estate on a fee or contract basis - 70330000

  • Facilities management services - 79993100

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

RHUL-18033

Published date

17 November 2017

Closing date

18 December 2017

Contract start date

1 November 2018

Contract end date

31 October 2068

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College ('the College') would like to procure an operating partner to both provide finance and to operate and maintain elements of the College's most recently completed section of its residential portfolio, the 621 bedroom development at George Eliot Hall. The College is undertaking a procurement competition based on the Competitive Dialogue (CD) Procedure to select a Partner for this procurement.
The CD competition will comprise an initial selection stage, following which a short-list of three bidders will then be invited to participate in a dialogue phase, culminating in the submission of final tenders. The dialogue phase will involve a series of dialogue sessions followed by a call to submit final tenders. During the process there will be an initial briefing session, and it is anticipated there will be a programme of formal dialogue meetings scheduled with each of the short-listed bidders. Additional meetings may also be arranged on an ad hoc basis, as required.
The successful Partner must be experienced in the financing, operation and maintenance of purpose built student accommodation. This must be evidenced as part of responses to the Selection Questionnaire (SQ). It is important to the College that the new development being procured through this process is classified as 'off balance sheet' from the College's perspective. Amongst other more general operating responsibilities, the successful Partner will be responsible for providing a selection of hard and soft facilities management services.
The College will maintain pastoral responsibility for its students accommodated in the residences along with marketing and administration of student applications, including room allocation.
The key objectives behind the College's requirement are 3 fold:

• Future borrowing and development potential is not jeopardised;
• A capital receipt can be realised by September 2019; and
• Excellent levels of quality of service for the students are maintained.

Further information can be found in the SQ and Memorandum of Information (MOI) that interested parties can download from https://in-tendhost.co.uk/rhul/aspx/Home

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About the buyer

Address

Egham Hill
Egham
TW200EX
England

Email

procurement@rhul.ac.uk

Website

http://www.rhul.ac.uk