Expired contract

Beverage-serving services

Details

Supplier(s)
The Restaurant Group
Value
£8,000,000
Duration
7 years
Topic
Beverage-serving services
Published
4 January 2018

Tender description

London Luton Airport is looking for bidders for a concession for a hotel lobby style bar concept with the unique selling point of an additional open-air deck. The positioning of the offer needs to be an experience bar where passengers can enjoy the friendly, relaxed atmosphere whether travelling alone, as a female or a male or as one of a party. The concession will be for the right to sell the following drinks categories, for consumption on the premises only. Liquor, wine, champagne, bottled beers, lagers, ciders, alcopops soft drinks, cocktails and light snacks. Food would be permitted but the range provided is to deliver a unique proposition in keeping with a hotel lobby style bar concept. The food offer would be polite snack-sized items and may not duplicate the full meal solutions and main menu products that are freely available in adjacent catering Units. An element of table service would be desirable. London Luton Airport is looking for bidders for a concession for a hotel lobby style bar concept with the unique selling point of an additional open-air deck. The positioning of the offer needs to be an experience bar where passengers can enjoy the friendly, relaxed atmosphere whether travelling alone, as a female or a male or as one of a party. The concession will be for the right to sell the following drinks categories, for consumption on the premises only. Liquor, wine, champagne, bottled beers, lagers, ciders, alcopops soft drinks, cocktails and light snacks. Food would be permitted but the range provided is to deliver a unique proposition in keeping with a hotel lobby style bar concept. The food offer would be polite snack-sized items and may not duplicate the full meal solutions and main menu products that are freely available in adjacent catering Units. An element of table service would be desirable. The concession will run for a period of 7 years with a commencement date of July 2018.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date27 November 2017
  2. Completed: Award published4 January 2018
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date21 October 2024

About the buyer

Luton Council is a local authority, and a dedicated procurement team supports departments across the council to buy goods, services and works. All tenders are advertised and run through Procontract, the council's e-tendering portal. Suppliers register on Procontract and are automatically invited to tender for the council's contracting opportunities. Registration details must match Companies House records and describe services on offer. The council focuses on local supply chains and jobs and skills markets within its contracts, encouraging local sub-contractors, local recruitment and apprenticeships. Purchasing follows the council's standing orders and the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Luton Council's contract awards have been in software and information systems, construction work and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 55400000 · Beverage-serving services

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