Catering services in London – Framework Lead

The current contract for Catering services in London is projected to end on 12/5/2018 and may be available for re-tender.The current contract for Catering services in London included F9405 Invitation to Tender for the Provision Catering Services for Health Education England:The Health Education England (HEE) Events Centre at Stewart House, University of London is a dedicated, purpose built centre for events and meetings, with 27 rooms, open spaces, an auditorium and other facilities which requires a high-quality, affordable and compliant Catering Service to provide sandwich lunches, salads, hot and cold buffets and other function services.The Events Centre supports HEE’s commissioning and delivery process for recruiting, educating and training doctors, nurses and other clinicians in the London and South East region and nationally, and its activities include recruitment programmes, professional reviews, training courses, workshops, conferences, business meetings and executive committees.The Catering Service will include the provision of catering for a wide variety of these events, for HEE and NHS staff, and for some external clients. Other types of periodic events may also take place from time to time and require catering services — e.g. open days, private parties, etc. On rare occasions, alcohol will require to be served.The successful bidder will form part of a 2 supplier call off framework for catering service orders placed by the HEE Events team based in the Events Centre.The supplier will need to be flexible, and offer an ‘out of hours’ service as well as during normal events centre opening hours; details are provided in the service specification.The forecast total spend is expected to be c. 200 000 GBP per annum inclusive of VAT.Offers are invited, for the supply, in accordance with the NHS Terms and Conditions of Contract for the provision of Services detailed in the specification provided in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentsThis ITT and resulting contract is for Health Education North Central and East London, South London and North West London shared services hereinafter referred to as ‘The Contracting Authority’. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any offer and reserves the right to accept an offer either in whole or in part.