Forestry Commission: Haldon Forest Park Cafe Concession

UK-Bristol: Restaurant and food-serving 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, acting through Forestry England (hereinafter referred to as Forestry England)
       620 Bristol Business Park, Bristol, BS16 1EJ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7775019412, Email: claire.hodges@forestryengland.uk
       Contact: Claire Hodges
       Main Address: www.forestryengland.uk
       NUTS Code: UKK4
      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: No .

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: Haldon Forest Park Cafe Concession    
          Reference number: FEE/1030
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      55300000 - Restaurant and food-serving services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the Haldon Forest Park Cafe concession lease.

Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter, is one of the south-west’s most popular countryside visitor destinations and it is currently undergoing a period of re-development for completion in 2024. We want to develop partnerships with businesses so that we work together to enable visitors to appreciate our superb forest and understand more about how we manage it sustainably.

Haldon Forest Park is one of the nation's Forests' and is managed by Forestry England. The woodland hosts a network of walking and cycling, running and Nordic Walking trails, Go Ape, Segway, car park, picnic areas, play areas and public toilets. There are about 500,000 day visits per year currently.

Our intention is to award a lease agreement for the newly built café on the site which will consist of the following elements:
- Café and events catering
- Opportunity for ‘pop-up’ mobile trailer on site for drinks & snacks

We anticipate that the lease will be for a period of up to 8 years. A full copy of the draft lease will be available in the tender documents to be published late Spring/early Summer 2023. The total value of this lease opportunity for the initial 5 years will be in the region of £4M. The current aim is for the cafe to open on 1st May 2024.

We are keen to ensure that the cafe specification accurately reflects the offerings of the market. If you are interested in this tender opportunity & would be willing to provide feedback on our current cafe layout plan please can you register your interest with Claire Hodges - claire.hodges@forestryengland.uk by Tuesday 21st June.

Feedback on our plans will be needed by Thursday 30th June 2022 so that our development timescales can be met.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 6,400,000 - 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:               
         UKK4 - Devon    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      Forestry England has a future opportunity for the operation of the Haldon Forest Park Cafe concession lease.

Haldon Forest Park, near Exeter, is one of the south-west’s most popular countryside visitor destinations and it is currently undergoing a period of re-development for completion in 2024. We want to develop partnerships with businesses so that we work together to enable visitors to appreciate our superb forest and understand more about how we manage it sustainably.

Haldon Forest Park is one of the nation's Forests' and is managed by Forestry England. The woodland hosts a network of walking and cycling, running and Nordic Walking trails, Go Ape, Segway, car park, picnic areas, play areas and public toilets. There are about 500,000 day visits per year currently.

Our intention is to award a lease agreement for the newly built café on the site which will consist of the following elements:
- Café and events catering
- Opportunity for ‘pop-up’ mobile trailer on site for drinks & snacks

We anticipate that the lease will be for a period of up to 8 years. A full copy of the draft lease will be available in the tender documents to be published late Spring/early Summer 2023. The total value of this lease opportunity for the initial 5 years will be in the region of £4M. The current aim is for the cafe to open on 1st May 2024.

We are keen to ensure that the cafe specification accurately reflects the offerings of the market. If you are interested in this tender opportunity & would be willing to provide feedback on our current cafe layout plan please can you register your interest with Claire Hodges - claire.hodges@forestryengland.uk by Tuesday 21st June.

Feedback on our plans will be needed by Thursday 30th June 2022 so that our development timescales can be met.    
   II.2.14) Additional information       
      Not Provided


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         30/06/2023
      
      
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) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 14/06/2022