You asked
Is a catering restaurant or café provided on the premises?
What are the addresses of the buildings in which the restaurants or cafés are located?
Who is the current catering incumbent of the catering contract?
What is the catering value? (Or is it nil subsidy?) Are the catering facilities shared with other departments?
When is the catering service contract due for re-tender?
How will it be re-tendered?
Is the contract part of a PFI?
Is it part of an FM contract? (and if so, what services are also included in the contract?) Who provides the other soft FM services?
Who will be the main person leading on the tender during the formal tender process?
When will the tender notice be issued?
Where will the tender notice be issued?
When is the tender due for release?
Is it on the CCS framework?
Who in the department is responsible for the management of the contract?
How many people are there on-site per day?
We said
Thank you for your request.
1. Is a catering restaurant or café provided on the premises?
Yes, at 2 of our sites.
2. What are the addresses of the buildings in which the restaurants or cafés are located?
Government Buildings Cardiff Road Newport South Wales NP10 8XG
Segensworth Road Titchfield Fareham Hampshire PO15 5RR
3. Who is the current catering incumbent of the catering contract?
Baxterstorey.
4. What is the catering value? (Or is it nil subsidy?) Are the catering facilities shared with other departments?
Catering is approx. £1.7m per annum and at nil subsidy. Other government departments share the facilities at both sites.
5. When is the catering service contract due for re-tender?
The catering contract is part of the soft FM contract and will be retendered as part of that contract. Currently, we have no plans to disaggregate that contract.
6. How will it be re-tendered?
As part of the soft FM Contract via competition.
7. Is the contract part of a PFI?
No.
8. Is it part of an FM contract? (and if so, what services are also included in the contract?) Who provides the other soft FM services?
Yes, it is part of a FM contract with Vinci Construction UK Ltd and services include:
Maintenance services
Horticultural services
Statutory obligations
Catering services
Cleaning services
Workplace FM services
Reception services
Security services
Waste services
Miscellaneous FM services
Computer-aided facilities management (CAFM)
Helpdesk services
Management of billable works
9. Who will be the main person leading on the tender during the formal tender process?
This person has not been identified at this stage.
10. When will the tender notice be issued?
Over the next few months we will review the options to inform the decision of whether we wish to take advantage of the 2-year extension in the contract to 30 September 2023 or to maintain the end date of 30 September 2021.
11. Where will the tender notice be issued?
No decision has been made at this time.
12. When is the tender due for release?
No decision has been made at this time.
13. Is it on the CCS framework?
The current contract was sourced via the CCS Framework but no decision on the future route has been made.
14. Who in the department is responsible for the management of the contract?
Jeremy Edwards is the current Contract Manager.
15. How many people are there on-site per day?
At our Newport Site, there is on average 3000 to 3500 per day on site; at our Titchfield site, this number is around 1000 to 1200.