Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Forestry England
Coldharbour Lane
Bristol
BS16 1EJ
arran.price@forestryengland.uk
Telephone
+44 3000674000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Forestry
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Forest of Dean Cycle Centre
Reference number
FEE/0997
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Forestry England is seeking expressions of interest from potential operators that are interested in bidding for the opportunity to manage a café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop in the Forest of Dean.
In addition, Forestry England is also seeking expressions of interest from potential operators that are interested in bidding for the opportunity to provided a mountain bike uplift service on the same site.
Potential bidders will have the option to bid for each opportunity individually or together.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Main site or place of performance
Gloucestershire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Forestry England is seeking an experienced operator that can manage a busy café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop. The café lease area contains approximately 60 internal and 95 external covers with the retail shop currently located in an adjacent building. The concessionaire will also be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the public toilet facilities and bike wash within the lease area.
Forestry England is also seeking an operator to deliver a mountain bike uplift service at the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre. An uplift service has been running at the centre since 2010, dropping off riders at set locations around the Sallowvallets block of woodland, which contains the popular formal downhill trail network.
Currently, we anticipate that both concessions are 5-year business opportunities which will commence April 2023 onwards.
Please indicate in your response whether you are interested in providing the café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop, or the mountain bike uplift service, or both.
two.2.14) Additional information
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 contract and contract duration is still subject to change based on feedback from the market.
Please refer to attached document for further information.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 August 2022
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/93N86RH6Z6
GO Reference: GO-2022624-PRO-20494433