Published date: 27 September 2024

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: 28 October 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering services - 55520000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

PROC OC ITT/1170

Published date

27 September 2024

Closing date

28 October 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2025

Contract end date

1 September 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The type of provision to students, staff, visitors, and the public is envisaged to be a range of
hot and cold beverages, hot and cold meals. These will be delivered via an innovative,
flexible, and diverse menu served across breakfast and lunch services.
In addition to the provision of catering services for the building, it is also expected that the
successful tenderer will support in the delivery of ordered refreshments and day delegate
packages throughout the day (where required), currently expected to be from Monday to
Friday initially.
Additional ad-hoc event catering will also need to be supported, which may be different from
the regular menu offering, and may involve weekend and evening events (with both prior
notice and agreement).
The University will be looking for innovative ideas for a scalable catering provision, which can
grow in the future as the building becomes a hub for local businesses and students.
Suppliers will play a proactive role in generating increased demand for services (such as
theme nights and events) to drive an evening trade within the space.
The kitchen and dining spaces have been designed as part of the overall building and will be
provided as a turn-key solution (to the specifications to be available as part of the tender
process).
There will be no up-front capital investment required by the incoming supplier, to operate
this space from day one. The ongoing maintenance of equipment will be the responsibility of
the University of Derby for the duration of this agreement.
The expectation of the process is that this solution will generate an income for the University
(details will be set out in the tender) and all bidders are invited to present innovative and
creative solutions to meet this objective.
The first stage of the process (Standard Selection Questionnaire - SSQ) process will be used
to shortlist a maximum of 5 top scoring responses.
The University of Derby will then issue an ITT, requesting an Outline solution for Catering Services, before shortlisting to a final 3 suppliers and entering a period of negotiation, before
requesting final proposals.

If you are not already registered as a supplier on the University of Derby's Oracle website please use the following link to user guides and registration portal: https://www.derby.ac.uk/services/finance/procurement-suppliers-and-tendering/supplier-info/prospective-suppliers/

For the University of Derby's Oracle portal link and guides to "Responding to Negotiations (Tenders) please go to: https://www.derby.ac.uk/services/finance/procurement-suppliers-and-tendering/supplier-info/existing-suppliers/

Guides to registration as a prospective supplier, responding to negotiations (tenders) and links to the Oracle portal please go to: https://www.derby.ac.uk/services/finance/procurement-suppliers-and-tendering/supplier-info/

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

KEDLESTON ROAD
DERBY
DE221GB
England

Telephone

01332 591094

Email

procurement@derby.ac.uk