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Prior Information Notice

Forest of Dean Cycle Centre

  • First published: 25 June 2022
  • Last modified: 25 June 2022

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-034aaa
Published by:
Forestry England
Authority ID:
AA78305
Publication date:
25 June 2022
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Forestry England is seeking an experienced operator that can manage a busy café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop. The café lease area contains approximately 60 internal and 95 external covers with the retail shop currently located in an adjacent building. The concessionaire will also be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the public toilet facilities and bike wash within the lease area.

Forestry England is also seeking an operator to deliver a mountain bike uplift service at the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre. An uplift service has been running at the centre since 2010, dropping off riders at set locations around the Sallowvallets block of woodland, which contains the popular formal downhill trail network.

Currently, we anticipate that both concessions are 5-year business opportunities which will commence April 2023 onwards.

Please indicate in your response whether you are interested in providing the café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop, or the mountain bike uplift service, or both.

Full notice text

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Forestry England

Coldharbour Lane

Bristol

BS16 1EJ

UK

Telephone: +44 3000674000

E-mail: arran.price@forestryengland.uk

NUTS: UKK13

Internet address(es)

Main address: www.forestryengland.uk

I.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned 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: Forestry

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Forest of Dean Cycle Centre

Reference number: FEE/0997

II.1.2) Main CPV code

92000000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Forestry England is seeking expressions of interest from potential operators that are interested in bidding for the opportunity to manage a café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop in the Forest of Dean.

In addition, Forestry England is also seeking expressions of interest from potential operators that are interested in bidding for the opportunity to provided a mountain bike uplift service on the same site.

Potential bidders will have the option to bid for each opportunity individually or together.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKK13


Main site or place of performance:

Gloucestershire

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Forestry England is seeking an experienced operator that can manage a busy café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop. The café lease area contains approximately 60 internal and 95 external covers with the retail shop currently located in an adjacent building. The concessionaire will also be responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the public toilet facilities and bike wash within the lease area.

Forestry England is also seeking an operator to deliver a mountain bike uplift service at the Forest of Dean Cycle Centre. An uplift service has been running at the centre since 2010, dropping off riders at set locations around the Sallowvallets block of woodland, which contains the popular formal downhill trail network.

Currently, we anticipate that both concessions are 5-year business opportunities which will commence April 2023 onwards.

Please indicate in your response whether you are interested in providing the café, bike retail shop and bike repair workshop, or the mountain bike uplift service, or both.

II.2.14) Additional information

Following consideration of the initial expressions of interest, Forestry England may wish to engage in further soft market testing with respondents. Therefore, at this stage the scope of the contract and contract duration is still subject to change based on feedback from the market.

Please refer to attached document for further information.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/08/2022

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-Recreational%2C-cultural-and-sporting-services./93N86RH6Z6

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/93N86RH6Z6

GO Reference: GO-2022624-PRO-20494433

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

24/06/2022

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
92000000 Recreational, cultural and sporting services Other Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
arran.price@forestryengland.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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