UK-Bristol: Cafeteria services.


Preliminary Questions
This notice is for prior information only: Yes
This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
This notice is a call for competition: No

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
Forestry England (on behalf of Forestry Commission)
620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 3000674000, Email: victor.ayaga@forestryengland.uk
Contact: Victor Ayaga
Main Address: www.forestryengland.uk
NUTS Code: UKK
Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No.
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication
Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:
Other activity: Forestry

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
II.1.1) Title: Haughmond Hill Café Concession
Reference number: FCCN002070
II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:
55330000 - Cafeteria services.
II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
II.1.4) Short description:
Forestry England intend to re-tender a concession opportunity to operate our established Café in Haughmond Hill near Shrewsbury, due to expiry of the current lease at the end of January 2025. Our expectation is that we will issue a lease for 6 years with a possible extension of 3 years. Prospective suppliers are invited to express an interest in this opportunity and have initial conversation with our West District Operations Manager - Recreation ahead of the tender documents being published this Spring/early summer.
II.1.5) Estimated total value:
Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 2,000,000 - GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots:
This contract is divided into lots: No
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description
II.2.3) Place of performance:
Region Codes:
UKG - WEST MIDLANDS (ENGLAND)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Forestry England intend to re-tender a concession opportunity to operate our established Café in Haughmond Hill near Shrewsbury, due to expiry of the current lease at the end of January 2025. We are therefore seeking expressions of interest from operators wishing to provide a café concession Haughmond Hill, https://www.forestryengland.uk/haughmond-hill. The site attracts in the region of 130,000 visits annually, there are a variety of waymarked walking trails and panoramic views of the surrounding Shropshire countryside. The café currently operates as a kiosk with approximately 6 indoor covers, 25 covers in an undercover space, and 64 covers of adjacent picnic benches. The café will be required to open daily April to the end of September from 10am to 4pm and for a minimum of 5 days a week 10am to 3pm (to include all weekends but excluding Christmas day) over the autumn and winter. Currently we anticipate café lease period being 9 years in duration (6 +3), a copy of the lease Head of Terms will be available in the tender documents which we expect to be published this Spring/early summer 2024. The total value of the lease opportunity over the term will be in the region of £2 million. We expect the lease to commence in April 2025. Prospective suppliers are invited to express an interest in this opportunity and have initial conversation with our West District Operations Manager - Recreation ahead of the tender documents being published. Expressions of interest should be submitted electronically through the Delta eSourcing portal. Following consideration of the initial expressions of interest, Forestry England may wish to engage in further soft market testing with respondents. Therefore, at this stage the scope of the lease and lease duration is still subject to change based on feedback from the market. This prior information notice does not commit Forestry England to any future procurement or any subsequent decisions based on the output of the market sounding exercise. Forestry England reserves the right not to proceed to a formal procurement process.
II.2.14) Additional information
Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
31/07/2024


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information
VI.3) Additional Information:
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Cafeteria-services./W8XMY46C66

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://forestryengland.delta-esourcing.com/respond/W8XMY46C66
GO-2024410-PRO-25736273 TKR-2024410-PRO-25736272

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/04/2024