ETENDERS

Contract notice

Information

Published

Date of dispatch of this notice: 11/05/2015

Expire date: 28/05/2015

External Reference: 2015-238893

TED Reference: 2015/S 093-167327

Contract notice

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Contract notice

Classic Sector

Directive 2004/18/EC

Services

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name, addresses and contact point(s)

National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway)
University Road
Galway
IE
Contact point(s): Procurement & Contracts Office
Telephone: +353 91493970
E-mail: tenders@nuigalway.ie
Fax: +353 91494515
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.nuigalway.ie
Address of the buyer profile: http://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/CompanyInformation/Index/414
Electronic access to information: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=88090&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=88090&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from:The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.3)

Main activity

  • Education
I.4)

Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Operator for a Café in the ILAS Building - Competition restricted to social enterprises or equivalent entities

II.1.2)

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
    Category No17:  Hotel and restaurant services
    Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance:

    Galway

    NUTS code
    Border, Midland and Western
    II.1.3)

    Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

    The notice involves a public contract
    II.1.5)

    Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

    This Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is for the provision of a social enterprise café at the Institute for Lifecourse and Society (ILAS) at NUI Galway. This is a service concession contract, in that the successful economic operator will be rewarded for the delivery of the required services through access to the opportunity to operate the café located in the ground floor of the ILAS building. The competition is restricted to social enterprises, registered charities or organisations whose primary objective is the development of social inclusion for socially disadvantaged persons or the long-term unemployed. Firms who do not operate within this context should not apply. NUI Galway wishes to engage an experienced service provider for this concession contract that will provide a quality, professional service in keeping with the ethos of ILAS. In the first instance, candidates are invited to complete and return the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (Appendix A) this can be downloaded from etenders.gov.ie (RFT 95154), which contains qualification criteria to assess candidates’ financial capacity and previous experience. Completed Pre-Qualification Questionnaires must be emailed to tenders@nuigalway.ie by 12noon on Thursday, 28th May 2015. Site Visit: Candidates are invited to view the café facility at NUI Galway on Thursday, 14th May 2015 at 2.30pm . A maximum of two people per candidate is allowed. Please email tenders@nuigalway.ie before 5pm Wednesday 13th May to advise who will be attending.

    II.1.6)

    Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

    Main vocabulary
    55000000   Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
    Supplementary vocabulary
    55300000   Restaurant and food-serving services
    55330000   Cafeteria services
    55500000   Canteen and catering services
    II.1.7)

    Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

    The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):  no
    II.1.8)

    Lots

    This contract is divided into lots:  no
    II.1.9)

    Information about variants

    Variants will be accepted:  no
    II.2)

    Quantity or scope of the contract

    II.2.1)

    Total quantity or scope:

    As detailed in the tender document

    II.2.2)

    Information about options

    Options: no
    II.2.3)

    Information about renewals

    This contract is subject to renewal: no

    Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

    III.1)

    Conditions relating to the contract

    III.1.4)

    Other particular conditions

    The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no
    III.2)

    Conditions for participation

    III.2.4)

    Information about reserved contracts

    The contract is restricted to sheltered workshops
    III.3)

    Conditions specific to services contracts

    III.3.1)

    Information about a particular profession

    Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no
    III.3.2)

    Staff responsible for the execution of the service

    Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

    Section IV: Procedure

    IV.1)

    Type of procedure

    IV.1.1)

    Type of procedure

    Negotiated
    Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures):  no
    IV.1.3)

    Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

    Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated:  no
    IV.2)

    Award criteria

    IV.2.1)

    Award criteria

    The most economically advantageous tender in terms of , the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document
    IV.2.2)

    Information about electronic auction

    An electronic auction will be used: no
    IV.3)

    Administrative information

    IV.3.1)

    File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

    NUIG/CON326/15

    IV.3.2)

    Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

    no
    IV.3.3)

    Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

    Payable documents: no
    IV.3.4)

    Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

    28.05.2015 - 12:00
    IV.3.6)

    Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

    EN

    Section VI: Complementary information

    VI.1)

    Information about recurrence

    This is a recurrent procurement: no
    VI.2)

    Information about European Union funds

    The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
    VI.3)

    Additional information:

    This notice is being published on a voluntary basis in the OJEU as the contract is for a service concession which is not subject to the public procurement directive (2004/18/EC)