Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall, Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
Contact
. Holly Fisher
Telephone
+44 1158788113
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF15 - North Nottinghamshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Buyer's address
http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Nottinghamshire County Council - Joint Venture Partner - Catering and FM
Reference number
DN735523
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 55520000 - Catering services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Authority) has appointed a Provider to establish a joint venture to manage and operate to deliver (i) catering and facilities management (FM) services to the Authority; (ii) catering and/or FM services to schools; (iii) the County Enterprise Food Management services contract for the Authority; (iv) third party revenue growth for these services including through the management and operation of the County Enterprise Foods business. Further details can be found in the procurement documents made available with the Contract Notice (see previous publication below).
The main subject-matter of the services being procured are “light regime” services and falls under Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which govern the award of light regime service contracts. The Authority is using a procurement process modelled on the competitive dialogue procedure and the procurement documents describe this process in further detail.
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: £3,700,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 79993000 - Building and facilities management services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF15 - North Nottinghamshire
- UKF16 - South Nottinghamshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Continued from II.1.4 - The joint venture will operate for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend to 5 years (a maximum duration of 10 years). The duration of contracts awarded to the joint venture will however vary.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Schools Contracts / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Authority Buy Back Services Contract / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: JV Workforce / Weighting: 16
Quality criterion - Name: Service Prices / Weighting: 20
Quality criterion - Name: Third Party Revenue / Weighting: 5
Quality criterion - Name: JV Partnering / Weighting: 10
Quality criterion - Name: Legal / Weighting: 12
Cost criterion - Name: JV Commercial / Weighting: 12
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
two.2.14) Additional information
The estimated value represents the current turnover of the range of services as presently delivered by the Council to its customers (a breakdown is set out in the procurement documents). However, potential returns will depend on many commercial factors including (but not limited to) the performance of the Provider and market conditions.
These indicative figures are estimated values and the services delivered by the JV may increase or decrease (in scope and volume) and so actual demand and usage may differ over the term of the JV.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
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: 2024/S 000-024399
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
7 May 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vertas Group Limited
2 Friars Bridge Road
Ipswich
IP1 1RR
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH14 - Suffolk
National registration number
07728211
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £3,700,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom