Published date: 26 October 2017

This notice was replaced on 30 April 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 30 April 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Restaurant and food-serving services - 55300000

  • Canteen and catering services - 55500000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

Value of contract

£1,000,000 to £100,000,000

Procurement reference

CAT5049 LU

Published date

26 October 2017

Closing date

23 November 2017

Contract start date

19 March 2018

Contract end date

18 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

LUPC is tendering a national framework via the restricted process for Catering Outsourced Services on behalf of their Members and those of the other University Purchasing Consortia. Member Institutions of the following consortia will be able to use this Framework Agreement;
London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC)
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC)
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW)
North East Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC)
North West Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC)
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
A full list of the UPC's Member Institutions may be found at:
http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/links
http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html
http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members
http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members
http://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members

The Framework Agreement will be divided into two Lots:

Lot 1: Outsourced Contract Catering Services (National)
The lot includes onsite catering services for regular supply as a fully managed and delivered service across Members in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Core services include Refectory Services, Cafeterias , Student Meal Packages, Cafes and Coffee Shops, Grab and Go, Branded Franchises, Serviced Hospitality, Commercial and Corporate Events, and Licensed Bars.

Lot 2: Office, Corporate and Event Catering (Greater London)
The Lot includes all catering services provided to support the delivery of refreshments for corporate and commercial activities across Members in Greater London. The main focus for this lot is serviced hospitality and commercial and corporate events. Some Members may require additional catering services such as the provision of a cafeteria. Core Services include Serviced Hospitality, Commercial and Corporate Events (including Weddings), Private Dining, Staff Foodservice, and Licensed Bars.

Please note that each Potential Provider may only bid for Lot 1 or Lot 2, they cannot bid for both Lots. A Potential Provider could be a single organisation or group of companies. In order to assist opportunities for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Greater London, as defined by the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics NUTS 1 Statistical Regions of the UK; UKI Greater London, only one organisation from a group of companies can bid for this Framework. A group of companies is defined as one where trading organisations have the same parent company or holding company. If a group of companies has several companies that meet the requirements of the lot, a bid for this Framework Tender should be under the parent company, holding company or a nominated lead from within the group. If a group of companies is successful in being awarded a place on the framework, then the group of companies can determine which of the companies within their group is best placed to meet the requirements of and bid for each call off contract

More information

Links

Additional text

To view further details on this tender opportunity please use the link to the e-portal, Bravo Solutions https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
then click on "View Current Opportunities" underneath the orange OPPORTUNITIES header.

If you have not already registered on Bravo Solutions, you will need to do so in order to access the tender documentation.

For further information on becoming a supplier to LUPC, please see details on our website http://www.lupc.ac.uk/suppliers

About the buyer

Contact name

Suzanne Picken

Address

LUPC, 2nd Floor, Shropshire House,
179 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7NZ
England

Telephone

020 7307 2772

Email

s.picken@lupc.ac.uk

Website

www.lupc.ac.uk