Forestry Commission: Hamsterley Bike Park - Concession

UK-Bristol: Sports facilities operation services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Forestry Commission, United Kingdom
       620 Bristol Business Park, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 3000674059, Email: sam.harris@forestryengland.uk
       Contact: Sam Harris
       Main Address: https://www.forestryengland.uk
       NUTS Code: UKK11
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Forestry

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Hamsterley Bike Park - Concession    
          Reference number: FEE-0873
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      92610000 - Sports facilities operation services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The lease or licence for the operation of Hamsterley Bike Park, based in County Durham          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 2,000,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      Forestry England intend to tender a concession opportunity to develop, maintain and operate an existing 10 hectare Bike Park in Hamsterley Forest, County Durham in July 2021, due to expiry of the current licence. The site, currently known as Descend Bike Park, is an established advanced cycling destination with a network of downhill trails and features, with a 25 space car park, over-flow car park and space for built facilities and the operation of an minibus uplift service.

We intend to hold a series of market engagement events to inform interested companies of our options for the future business opportunity. The purpose of these events is to welcome engagement with the wider market and for potential suppliers to provide feedback on the feasibility of our emerging specification.

The events will take place on site at Hamsterley Forest on Tuesday 1st June, and Monday(s) 7th June and 14th June, with individual timeslots available for suppliers at 9am-11am, 12noon-2pm, 3pm-5pm.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      Companies wishing to express an interest in this opportunity and/or interested in attending a market engagement event at Hamsterley Forest should notify Sam Harris, Commercial Advisor at Sam.Harris@forestryengland.uk to receive further information on the event and to register an interest in a specific date.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         12/07/2021
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - NO

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 12/05/2021