Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The James Hutton Institute
Craigiebuckler
Aberdeen
AB15 8QH
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/7Z5UPFBGE5
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
The James Hutton Institute ~ Catering, Hospitality and Cleaning Tender
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79993100 - Facilities management services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering, Hospitality and Cleaning services for the James Hutton Institute Aberdeen and Dundee locations.
Please note: the Site Visit for this tender will be taking place Wednesday 28th June (Dundee) 2023 at 9.30am and 29th June 2023 (Aberdeen) at 9.30 am. Please confirm your attendee names via the LTMS Portal.
Please note: This is running as an Open Tender Procedure, via the Litmus Tender Management System (LTMS). Bidders will be required to submit both their SQ response and also their Tender Response by the same deadline of 21st July 2023 at 12:00.
Please use the following links to submit your SQ and your Tender responses via LTMS portal:
SQ Response : To submit your SQ Response, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/7Z5UPFBGE5
Tender Response : To submit your Tender Response, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/9JBUB7FAM3
Please note that The Litmus Partnership Ltd is publishing this Contract Notice on behalf of our client, The James Hutton Institute.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £202,137.63
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 90910000 - Cleaning services
- 55520000 - Catering services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM50 - Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering, Hospitality and Cleaning services for the James Hutton Institute Aberdeen and Dundee locations.
Contract value = GBP 3.6 m over the whole lifetime of the contract
The James Hutton Institute is a well-respected and globally recognised research organisation delivering fundamental and applied science to drive sustainable use of land and natural resources. The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee. It employs over 500 scientists and support staff, making it one of the biggest research centres in the UK and the first of its type in Europe. The Institute is one of the Scottish Governments main research providers, and as such will follow a PCS compliant tender process.
The institute current combined catering and cleaning contract comes to its natural end in December 2023, and the client wishes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to provide its catering and cleaning services. The contract is for the JHI locations in Aberdeen and Dundee.
The institute will not accept tender responses for single services and require the provider to provide both catering and cleaning.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-017204
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 August 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Elior UK plc
The Courtyard , Catherine Street
Macclesfield
SK11 6ET
Telephone
+44 1625448907
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £202,137.63
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note that The Litmus Partnership Ltd is publishing this Contract Notice on behalf of our client, The James Hutton Institute.
It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.
The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.
The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.
The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/authority/noticecreate/Question21.aspx?ID=735514
(SC Ref: 735514)
(SC Ref:758218)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Country
United Kingdom