Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
L&Q
West Ham Lane, Stratford
London
E15 4PH
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.procontract.due-north.com
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
Countryside
Rainham
group@countrysidepartnerships.com
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.procontract.due-north.com
Buyer's address
https://www.countrysidepartnerships.com/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7472a9d2-d181-eb11-810b-005056b64545
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
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PIN Notice for VCSE DPS - L&Q
Reference number
DN695769
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
L&Q and CPUK are looking to engage the market for a third-party Operator of Beam Park’s Community Centre who can provide the following services:
• A community café with a kitchen and seating area.
• A multi-functional studio space
L&Q will be inviting suitably qualified providers to operate either 50/100% of the 800sqm Community Centre or a 'required space' independently or as part of a consortium at Beam Park Community Centre.
The term of contract will be 5 years with options to extend.
Orbit Group Ltd are supporting L&Q with this procurement exercise via Orbit's DPS for VCSE’s under the following Lots:
Lot 5 - Education and Training
Lot 6 - Wellbeing services
Lot 15 - Food and Drink
For further information on this DPS please see Publication Reference 2021/S 000-004882.
The Invitation to Tender will be published only to suppliers that have registered and been approved on the DPS for the above Lots only.
If you are a VCSE and can deliver any of the services above, please register as a supplier for the following DPS:
DPS for Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprises (VCSE’s) for ad hoc and lower value Goods, Services and Works.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7472a9d2-d181-eb11-810b-005056b64545
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Invitation to Tender will be published only to suppliers that have registered and been approved on the DPS for the above Lots only.
This DPS is intended to be a platform to lower the barriers of entry and encourage VCSE’s (Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprises) and similar organisations such as Sheltered Workshops (organisations employing disadvantaged workers) to tender for smaller and lower value goods, services and works in and outside of the wider public sector, where specific requirements and non-core work is required.
L&Q, one of the largest housing associations in England, and Countryside Properties UK (“CPUK”), a leading developer specializing in building communities, are working in close partnership to turn a former factory site into a new and vibrant destination, delivering much-needed new homes for Londoners. L&Q and CPUK have formed a 50/50 joint venture to bring forward the regeneration of Beam Park (Located in Rainham). You can find more information about the Beam Park regeneration scheme by visiting https://www.beamparklondon.co.uk/.
L&Q and CPUK are looking to engage the market for a third-party Operator of Beam Park’s Community Centre who can provide the following services:
• A community café with a kitchen and seating area.
• A multi-functional studio space
The space also has the potential to offer meeting rooms (for hire), workspaces/desks with IT facilities (for hire) and/ora kitchen facility (separate from the community café) to support catering and meal preparation for events.
Integral to the successful delivery of Beam Park Community Centre will be that the events, activities and classes delivered from the site offer social value for the benefit of the local population.
L&Q will be inviting suitably qualified providers to operate either 50/100% of the 800sqm Community Centre or a 'required space' independently or as part of a consortium at Beam Park Community Centre.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
29 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: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Publication reference for the VCSE DPS is 2021/S 000-012593
The expected date all approved suppliers on the DPS for Lots 5, 6 and 15 will be invited to tender for this opportunity is 29th November 2023.
Only those suppliers that have been successfully added to either Lots 5, 6 or 15 will be invited to tender. Interested VCSE's are to register on the following DPS:
DPS for Voluntary, Charitable and Social Enterprises (VCSE’s) for ad hoc and lower value Goods, Services and Works.
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=7472a9d2-d181-eb11-810b-005056b64545