ATU Catering Services

Atlantic Technological University

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of three Single Party framework Agreements under three lots using the competitive procedure with negotiation for the provision of a comprehensive, high quality, flexible, innovative and responsive catering service delivered at the following ATU locations:
โ€ข LOT 1 - ATU Galway City, Wellpark Road, Monivea Road, Galway H91 DY9Y (CCAM โ€“ Centre for Creative Arts & Media)
โ€ข LOT 2 - ATU Mayo Campus, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo F23 X853
โ€ข LOT 3 - ATU Sligo Campuses, Ash Lane, Sligo F91 YW50
Customers of the service will be students, staff and visitors to the University.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-05-08. The procurement was published on 2023-04-04.

Who? What? Where?
Procurement history
Date Document
2023-04-04 Contract notice
2023-04-24 Additional information
Contract notice (2023-04-04)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Canteen and catering services
Reference number: ATU Catering Services
Short description:
The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of three Single Party framework Agreements under three lots using the competitive procedure with negotiation for the provision of a comprehensive, high quality, flexible, innovative and responsive catering service delivered at the following ATU locations: โ€ข LOT 1 - ATU Galway City, Wellpark Road, Monivea Road, Galway H91 DY9Y (CCAM โ€“ Centre for Creative Arts & Media) โ€ข LOT 2 - ATU Mayo Campus, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo F23 X853 โ€ข LOT 3 - ATU Sligo Campuses, Ash Lane, Sligo F91 YW50 Customers of the service will be students, staff and visitors to the University.
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Notice metadata
Original language: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Canteen and catering services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional CPV: Catering services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Place of performance
NUTS region: West ๐Ÿ™๏ธ

Procedure
Procedure type: Competitive procedure with negotiation
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Awarding authority type: Body governed by public law
Awarding authority name: Atlantic Technological University
Postal address: Donegal Port Road
Postal code: Co.Donegal
Postal town: Letterkenny
Contact
Internet address: https://www.atu.ie/ ๐ŸŒ
E-mail: corinna.gavin@atu.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 91742117 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=238835&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=238835&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-04 ๐Ÿ“…
Submission deadline: 2023-05-08 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-04-07 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 070-213629
OJ-S issue: 70

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:
The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the establishment of three Single Party framework Agreements under three lots using the competitive procedure with negotiation for the provision of a comprehensive, high quality, flexible, innovative and responsive catering service delivered at the following ATU locations:
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โ€ข LOT 1 - ATU Galway City, Wellpark Road, Monivea Road, Galway H91 DY9Y (CCAM โ€“ Centre for Creative Arts & Media)
โ€ข LOT 2 - ATU Mayo Campus, Westport Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo F23 X853
โ€ข LOT 3 - ATU Sligo Campuses, Ash Lane, Sligo F91 YW50
Customers of the service will be students, staff and visitors to the University.
Estimated total value: 8 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Title of the lot: ATU Catering Services
Lot number: 1
Short description:
The Contracting Authority is employing the competitive procedure with negotiation for this procurement given the complexity and risk associated with the procurement in accordance with Art. 26 of Directive 2014/24/EU.
It should be emphasised that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to award the framework agreement directly following receipt of initial tenders without recourse to negotiations with individual tenderers.
It should also be noted that the Contracting Authority reserves the right to employ a negotiation stage for the award of any contract under the framework agreement.
Estimated value excluding VAT: 8 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Duration: 220 months
Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: ATU Galway Mayo, ATU Sligo, ATU Donegal

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Please refer to attached documentation
Contract execution
Contract performance conditions: Please refer to attached documentation

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The Contracting Authority is employing the competitive procedure with negotiation for this procurement given the complexity and risk associated with the procurement in accordance with Art. 26 of Directive 2014/24/EU.
Justification for the framework agreement:
Enable suppliers to make a return on investment, due to ongoing adverse market conditions, which are continuing to have a negative influence on the Catering and Food Service, with a range of difficulties including Supply chain, Recruitment, Fluctuating price and availability. The maximum duration will be 4 yrs with the option to extend for 2 further 3 year periods, up to a maximum of 10 yrs.
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Justification for framework agreement duration over four years:
Enable suppliers to make a return on investment, due to ongoing adverse market conditions, which are continuing to have a negative influence on the Catering and Food Service, with a range of difficulties including Supply chain, Recruitment, Fluctuating price and availability. The maximum duration will be 4 yrs with the option to extend for 2 further 3 year periods, up to a maximum of 10 yrs.
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Time of receipt of tenders: 12:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ
Tender validity period: 12 months

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: IE3926731JH
Contact
Contact point: Corinna Gavin
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/206645 ๐ŸŒ
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=238835&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE ๐ŸŒ

Reference
Additional information
Estimated timing for further notices: June 2023

Complementary information
Review body
Name: High Court
Postal address: Inns Quay
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
Phone: +353 18886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
E-mail: info@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Internet address: www.courts.ie ๐ŸŒ
Information about review deadlines: Please refer to your legal advisor.
Source: OJS 2023/S 070-213629 (2023-04-04)
Additional information (2023-04-24)
Object
Notice metadata
Document type: Additional information
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: Canteen and other restricted-clientele cafeteria services ๐Ÿ“ฆ

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-04-24 ๐Ÿ“…
Publication date: 2023-04-28 ๐Ÿ“…
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 084-258645
Refers to notice: 2023/S 070-213629
OJ-S issue: 84
Source: OJS 2023/S 084-258645 (2023-04-24)
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