Planning

Provision of Alternate Venue Lettings within GL RFCA areas

  • Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of Greater London

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-026425

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03faad

Published 7 September 2023, 10:06am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations of Greater London

Fulham House, 87 Fulham High Street

London

Sw6 3JS

Contact

Head of Finance

Email

gl-finance@rfca.mod.uk

Telephone

+44 7761513837

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.delta-esourcing.com

Buyer's address

https://glrfca.org/

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Alternate Venue Lettings within GL RFCA areas

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Alternative Venues London (AVL) is the name of the commercial lettings department which hires out Reserve Centres and Cadet units for non-military purposes. Within Greater London there are 46 Reserve Forces Centres and 70 Cadet units available for hire, for up to seven days a week and most have secure parking. Meetings and conferences can be for as few as ten to as many as 150. Dinner dances for 200 are possible in some locations. A key role is the provision of training facilities – both educational and physical – and Drill Halls lend themselves perfectly to this requirement. We have also provided locations for weddings, receptions, examinations, theatre and film rehearsals, product launches, exhibitions, auctions and fashion shows complete with catwalk. Income generated from this rental activity is reinvested into supporting London's Reserves and Cadets. We wish to engage with organisations who may provide lettings services similar to those currently being provided by Alternate Venues London (AVL). Please visit www.alternativevenues.co.uk for more information. If you provide services similar to those currently provided by AVL, please email co-commercialteam@rfca.mod.uk with 'GL Alt Venue' in the subject line. We will be holding the following supplier engagement sessions via Zoom to provide further information on who we are and the provision of Alternate Venues lettings service. This sessions are open to all interested parties and will be held as follows: Tuesday, 10 Oct 2023 Time: 11:30 - 12:30 Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89646151460?pwd=SEtYNStTNS9KNFBpWHBOdFpJaGJ6QT09 Meeting ID: 896 4615 1460 Passcode: 291764 Thursday,12 Oct 2023 Time: 10:00 - 11:00 Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89021582240?pwd=dEM1NUwvcXViV0lrckpidjY4WGc3dz09 Meeting ID: 890 2158 2240 Passcode: 063999 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcLTEgcgfc

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London
Main site or place of performance

LONDON

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement activity will be focused on the Greater London area which has 46 Reserve Forces Centres and 70 Cadet units available for hire, for up to seven days a week. URL: www.alternativevenues.co.uk We will be utilising a Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for this procurement. Every party selected will be required to sign a non-disclosure agreement in order to participate. We outline the stages below: 1. Planning/Pre-Market Engagement 2) Advertise and Selection 3) Dialogue/Negotiation 4) Final Tender 5) Award.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

1 November 2023


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

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GO Reference: GO-202397-PRO-23817633