Victoria and Albert Museum: GB-London: Young V&A Catering Partner

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Notice Summary
Title: GB-London: Young V&A Catering Partner
Notice type: Competitive Contract Notice
Authority: Victoria and Albert Museum
Nature of contract: Not applicable
Procedure: Not applicable
Short Description: Opening in Summer 2023, Young V&A (formerly the Museum of Childhood) is seeking an experienced entrepreneurial Catering Partner with strong experience of the family market that: * Establishes Young V&A as a café destination for families * Celebrates the rich diversity and food culture of Bethnal Green and surrounding East London * Captures Young V&A’s vision as an institution which promotes creativity and playful learning * Reflects the economic landscape within which Young V&A and our audiences sit * Endorses sustainable practices and tells design stories about the offer Following a £13 million capital project investment, and with visitor numbers forecast to be in the region of 550,000 per year, Young V&A is being reimagined as a powerhouse of creativity for the young from infants to early teens. It will be a place to imagine, play, create, debate and design for tomorrow, as a new national museum entirely dedicated to children. Designed with and for 0 to 14-year-olds, Young V&A’s central mission is to inspire young people with the creative ingenuity of art, performance and design, to empower educators to promote creativity, and to influence child-centered museum practice. We are seeking an experienced entrepreneurial Catering Partner, under a multi-year concession agreement for this new and exciting café integrated in the very heart of the museum.
Published: 14/11/2022 16:42
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Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-London: Young V&A Catering Partner
2. Awarding Authority:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
    Cromwell Road, Kensington, SW7 2RL, United Kingdom
    Tel. +44 2079422229, Email: procurement@vam.ac.uk, URL: https://www.vam.ac.uk/
    Attn: David Osborne
3. Contract Type: Services
      Sub Type: Hotel and restaurant services.

4. Description: Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions. Opening in Summer 2023, Young V&A (formerly the Museum of Childhood) is seeking an experienced entrepreneurial Catering Partner with strong experience of the family market that:

* Establishes Young V&A as a café destination for families
* Celebrates the rich diversity and food culture of Bethnal Green and surrounding East London
* Captures Young V&A’s vision as an institution which promotes creativity and playful learning
* Reflects the economic landscape within which Young V&A and our audiences sit
* Endorses sustainable practices and tells design stories about the offer

Following a £13 million capital project investment, and with visitor numbers forecast to be in the region of 550,000 per year, Young V&A is being reimagined as a powerhouse of creativity for the young from infants to early teens. It will be a place to imagine, play, create, debate and design for tomorrow, as a new national museum entirely dedicated to children. Designed with and for 0 to 14-year-olds, Young V&A’s central mission is to inspire young people with the creative ingenuity of art, performance and design, to empower educators to promote creativity, and to influence child-centered museum practice.

We are seeking an experienced entrepreneurial Catering Partner, under a multi-year concession agreement for this new and exciting café integrated in the very heart of the museum.
5. CPV Codes:
   55523000 - Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions.

6. NUTS Codes :
   UKI4 - Inner London – East

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Inner London – East,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: VA/CON/36/22
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category L: Below 10K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 05/12/2022 10:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
    Tenders must be submitted electronically via Delta at https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R6C5434XN7
    URL: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/R6C5434XN7
   
12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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TKR-20221114-PRO-21428083
Suitable for VCO: Yes
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 01/06/2023
Period of Work End date: 31/05/2028
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no

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