Restaurant and hospitality service required by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (the "Trust") has procured restaurant, hospitality and vending machine services to be provided to Trust staff, patients and visitors, at Roseberry Park Hospital in Middlesbrough, an NHS hospital specialising in mental health and children's learning disabilities services.

The restaurant service will operate from a Trust café-style facility, as a minimum, during certain core hours.

The hospitality service will be provided, as required by the Trust.

A stocked vending service is required to be made available at all times.

Patient catering is not within the scope of the contract.

The contract term is 5 years from 1 April 2021, with an option for extension by the Trust for up to a total of 7 years.

The stated estimated value of the contract was based on:

• estimated turnover for the first 48 months, and

• forecasts made prior to the Covid-19 pandemic,

it was not, therefore be treated as reflective of the then current circumstances and economic operators were expected to undertake their own due diligence with regard to value.

The service is subsidised.

The procurement was conducted using the restricted procedure.

The contract was not divided into lots and variant bids were not be accepted.

In order to be considered for this opportunity, economic operators were required to complete and submit a selection questionnaire in accordance with the instructions contained within it. Completed selection questionnaires were to be received by 12:00 (noon) via email to melanie.pears@wardhadaway.com, laura.rostron@wardhadaway.com and carole.britten@wardhadaway.com.

The procurement documents (including the selection questionnaire) were available at: https://www.wardhadaway.com/procurement-competition-tewv-restaurant-hospitality/