Expired contract

Day Visitor Catering and Venue Hire at Wakehurst

Details

Supplier(s)
Graysons Ltd
Duration
5 years
Topic
Catering services
Published
25 February 2021

Tender description

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has awarded a contract for the provision of Day Visitor Catering and Venue Hire at our site at Wakehurst in Sussex. The services are two separate but linked contracts. The Day Visitor Catering contract is being let by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Venue Hire contract is being let by Kew Enterprises Limited. The contracts are let to ONE supplier. The Day Visitor Catering contract comprises the operation of three fixed catering outlets, namely The Seed Café, The Stables Restaurant, The Redwood Coffee Shop and mobile catering within the grounds of Wakehurst. The Venue Hire contract comprises the sales and marketing of Venue Hire in the Wakehurst Venues to include the Mansion House, the Seed Bank Atrium and on the Croquet Lawn and the provision of catering services.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date4 January 2019
  2. Completed: Award published25 February 2021
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date3 January 2024

About the buyer

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. A Framework Document sets out how the two bodies work together on business planning and resource allocation. Kew keeps the freedom to opt in or out of central government procurement routes such as the Crown Commercial Service. Tender opportunities appear on Find a Tender alongside Defra procurement channels. Procurement documents for live opportunities are issued through Defra's Bravo Solution portal. Suppliers are expected to meet Kew's procurement standards, including sustainability requirements, before any contract begins.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's contract awards have been in business services, architectural and engineering services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 55520000 · Catering services

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