Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Hospitality Catering Services
Notice Description
The Authority seeks to appoint a single supplier to provide external hospitality and events catering services at the Alexander Graham Bell Centre (AGBC), UHI Moray.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Please note the scope of this requirement is contained within 'Appendix H - Specification'. In summary, the Contractor shall provide hospitality catering supplies and services for internal and external events held at the Alexander Graham Bell Centre for Digital Health [AGBC], which hosts approx. 350 events per annum. The events will vary with busier times being February - April and September - November. There are occasions where catering will be required for two or more events at the same time. The approx. pattern of demand would be around 3 - 4 events per week at peak times. The number of delegates per event will vary between 10 - 150 with a maximum of two hundred. Average number per event will be in the region of 50 - 60.
Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the contract for two (3) x twelve (12) month periods, subject to satisfactory performance and continued Authority requirement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000831240
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY555593
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
39 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
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- CPV Codes
39222000 - Catering supplies
55520000 - Catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £120,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 May 20263 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Jun 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- The maximum contract duration (inclusive of extension periods) is four (4) years. Thereafter, a new contract shall be required.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UHI MORAY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ELGIN
- Postcode
- IV30 1JJ
- Post Town
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM62 Inverness and Nairn, Moray, and Badenoch and Strathspey
-
- Local Authority
- Moray
- Electoral Ward
- Elgin City South
- Westminster Constituency
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY555593
Provision of Hospitality Catering Services - The Authority seeks to appoint a single supplier to provide external hospitality and events catering services at the Alexander Graham Bell Centre (AGBC), UHI Moray.
Notice URLs
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