Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Coventry University
Priory Street
COVENTRY
CV15FB
Contact
Susanna Ting
Telephone
+44 2477657688
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG33 - Coventry
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Open Early Engagement - Coventry University Enterprises Ltd - Conference and Hospitality Services
Reference number
FRAM-1156-24-ST
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 55520000 - Catering services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
We are looking for potential catering and hospitality service providers to partner with us to run our award-winning Conference Centre, located at Coventry University Technology Park in Coventry, and our off-site facility at Westwood Health including campus-wide Hospitality. Prospective providers will be required to operate our conference and hospitality service provision.
To prepare for this we are conducting an early market engagement to obtain a better understanding of the current market and identify potential service providers, therefore, publishing this PIN without call for competition only at this stage.
The requirement: -
Conference and Hospitality Services
- Conference services including daily duty management, food and beverage provision, fine dining, and function staff were applicable.
- Catering, and hospitality services to various tenants located in CUE's Technology Park and across the main campus.
- Management and operation of the on-site Restaurant facility.
Our needs will include:
•A high-quality service providing affordable, nutritious, and healthy hot and cold food options from both the Conference Centre, hospitality, and the on-site Restaurant.
•To include an out-of-hours fine dining catering provision which may be off-site.
•Catering for small to large hospitality events on a day-to-day basis across campus.
A formal tender process will follow.
If you would like to find out more about us and the opportunity above, please reply to this call for further details regarding the supplier engagement days to be held in March 2024 - giving the name/s of the representative/s attending (no more than 2) and your company/business name (registration closes at 5:00 pm on 12th March 2024), via our In-tend portal, https://in-tendhost.co.uk/coventryuniversity/aspx/Home.
We are open-minded and are interested to hear suggestions on how you believe the operation can be run.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-003960
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.2) Other additional information
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