Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Nottinghamshire County Council
County Hall, Loughborough Road Westbridgford
Nottinghamshire
NG2 7QP
UK
Contact person: . Holly Fisher
Telephone: +44 1158788113
E-mail: holly.fisher@nottscc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKF15
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Nottinghamshire County Council - Joint Venture Partner - Catering and FM
Reference number: DN735523
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55520000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Nottinghamshire County Council (the Authority) has appointed a Provider to establish a joint venture to manage and operate to deliver (i) catering and facilities management (FM) services to the Authority; (ii) catering and/or FM services to schools; (iii) the County Enterprise Food Management services contract for the Authority; (iv) third party revenue growth for these services including through the management and operation of the County Enterprise Foods business. Further details can be found in the procurement documents made available with the Contract Notice (see previous publication below).
The main subject-matter of the services being procured are “light regime” services and falls under Regulations 74-76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 which govern the award of light regime service contracts. The Authority is using a procurement process modelled on the competitive dialogue procedure and the procurement documents describe this process in further detail.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 700 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79993000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF15
UKF16
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Continued from II.1.4 - The joint venture will operate for an initial period of 5 years with an option to extend to 5 years (a maximum duration of 10 years). The duration of contracts awarded to the joint venture will however vary.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Schools Contracts
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Authority Buy Back Services Contract
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: JV Workforce
/ Weighting: 16
Quality criterion: Service Prices
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Third Party Revenue
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: JV Partnering
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Legal
/ Weighting: 12
Cost criterion: JV Commercial
/ Weighting: 12
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The estimated value represents the current turnover of the range of services as presently delivered by the Council to its customers (a breakdown is set out in the procurement documents). However, potential returns will depend on many commercial factors including (but not limited to) the performance of the Provider and market conditions.
These indicative figures are estimated values and the services delivered by the JV may increase or decrease (in scope and volume) and so actual demand and usage may differ over the term of the JV.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-024399
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
07/05/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vertas Group Limited
07728211
2 Friars Bridge Road
Ipswich
IP1 1RR
UK
E-mail: mail@vertas.co.uk
NUTS: UKH14
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 700 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/05/2025