Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which further information may be obtained

2 Contract Details

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Title

Request for Quotation - Caldicot Castle and Country Park Ice Cream Van Pitch

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Description of the goods or services required

Caldicot Castle and Country Park

Ice Cream Van Pitch Tender Document

Closing date for applications: midday 28th April.

Tenders should be returned by email to Caldicot Castle Site Lead Tristan Blanchard at TristanBlanchard@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Caldicot Castle is situated beautiful setting of tranquil gardens and a wooded country park. Founded by the Normans, developed in royal hands as a stronghold in the Middle Ages and restored as a Victorian family home, the castle has a romantic and colourful history.

Tenders are invited for exclusive rights to operate one mobile ice cream van within the grounds of Caldicot Castle and Country Park during the 2022 summer season, April 1st to October 31st. The tenderer should propose a weekly pitch fee for the duration of the summer season, with fees and access to the site starting 1st May 2022.

The tenderer should provide details of their operator’s licence, length of service as an ice cream vendor, normal operating route/area covered, products sold and several photographs of their van.

The operator would be free to come and go as many times a day as they deem appropriate between the hours of 8:30am and 8:30pm, seven days a week.

Exclusive rights would include being the only dedicated ice-cream seller during events and festivals at the castle. Planned upcoming events include:

Guided tours – last Wednesday of each month

Wartime wheels – 1st – 2nd May

Cinema nights – 6th – 8th May

Caravan rally – 20th – 22nd May

Cider festival – 2nd – 5th June

V. Dubs – 13th – 17th July

Rusty Shackle – 13th August

Visitor numbers during the summer season are estimated at approximately 10,000 visitors per month (based on figures from previous years), including coach parties, day trippers, local residents and workers from the adjacent industrial park.

Castle address: Church Road, Caldicot, Monmouthshire, NP26 4HU

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=120690.

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3 Administrative Information

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

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Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

4 Other Information

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Additional Information

This notice has been sent as a region specific notice. If you did not receive an alert about this you are not based in the specific region selected by the buying authority. Questions on why this was sent as a region specific notice should be sent to the buying authority.

(WA Ref:120690)

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