Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Bristol
4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
Contact
Will Smalley
Telephone
+44 01179289000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, at
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
University of Bristol's Wyndhurst Farm Management
Reference number
CAM-2211-032-PC_2465
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 77100000 - Agricultural services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The University owns Wyndhurst Farm in North Somerset; a 128 hectare farm with a dairy herd of 200 cattle (plus followers) and a flock of 100 sheep. The current contract for Farm Management expires in July 2023 and following this market consultation, we intend be going out to tender, for a contract to start August 2023.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77100000 - Agricultural services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Main site or place of performance
Wyndhurst Farm, Langford Rd, Bristol BS40 5HY
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University owns Wyndhurst Farm in North Somerset; a 128 hectare farm with a dairy herd of 200 cattle (plus followers) and a flock of 100 sheep. The current contract for Farm Management expires in July 2023 and following this market consultation, we intend be going out to tender, for a contract to start August 2023.
The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to notify interested parties that the University are seeking market expertise and opinions on the most practical and efficient way to manage Wyndhurst Farm into the future; therefore would like to invite interested parties to present to us at a Market Engagement Session to allow us to understand the best way to achieve that.
The session would involve giving a short informal presentation to key staff from the University followed by a general discussion, including any questions etc.
Sessions will be held at Langford House, Wyndhurst Farm, Langford Rd, Bristol BS40 5HY on the 5th January from 9am-5pm.
For further information or if you would like to be invited for one of these sessions, please respond to this notice with a short statement setting out your relevant experience to olga.nossenko@bristol.ac.uk by Monday 19th December 2022.
In the event that we are oversubscribed, we will select the respondents whose experience we deem is most relevant to the University's requirements.
The sessions will be used only to inform the future procurement process and your attendance, or non-attendance, at the sessions will not preclude or prejudice future involvement in any subsequent procurement processes.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 June 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
This notice is to advertise the University's intention to undertake soft market testing related to the Farm Management Contract.
This notice is not a call for competition to procure any services, supplies or works for the University. The University is not obliged to follow up the soft market testing in any way or with any interested parties and it is not liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any party.
Following the soft market testing, the University may terminate the process and conclude the procurement by other means. Interested parties will not be prejudiced by any response, or failure to respond, to the market testing.
A response to this Prior Information Notice does not guarantee any invitation to participate in this soft market testing exercise or any future public procurement process.
Any procurement of any contract by the University will be carried out in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.