Barbican Centre Catering Services

Description

The estimated contract value over seven (7) years is £55.5m. This has been calculated on the basis that ££24.7m is for Lot 1, £21.6m is for Lot 2 and £9.2m is for Lot 3. This would be a concession contract.
Summary of requirements:
Lot 1 - Hospitality & Events
Food and Beverage delivery only.
Catering associated with events including the Barbican internal hospitality breaks down approximately:
Day time conference: 70%
Events evening/weekend with no associated meeting or conference: 25%
Other (discounted including Barbican internal hospitality):5%
Lot2 - Level G restaurant and foyer cafes
Level G assisted service restaurant attracting a consistent destination customer group made up of staff, local workers and residents and is populated by these users throughout the day for social occasions, meetings and as an outlet for take away service.
Level G and -1 café offering a good range of soft drinks, sandwiches, filled breads and snacks.
Lot 3 - Level 1 restaurant
Level 1 table table service restaurant operating a variety of menu styles to a medium price point and attracts perhaps a younger demographic and some of our more experimental Theatre audiences. It benefits from the setting of its outdoor tables in the summer. The Barbican Centre is looking to close the existing Level 2 table service restaurant and radically develop the restaurant on Level 1 with the Support of the successful caterer provider.

This tendering exercise is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘capitalEsourcing’ (www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free.
The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract including the maximum possible extensions. The estimated annual contract value is therefore £7,928.57.
We have reduced the timeframe for receipt of tenders following the publication of a PIN2023/S 000-035267

Food and Beverage delivery only.
Catering associated with events including the Barbican internal hospitality breaks down approximately:
Day time conference: 70%
Events evening/weekend with no associated meeting or conference: 25%
Other (discounted including Barbican internal hospitality):5%
Historic data:
23/24
32 Events including
2 x Dinner events
9 Receptions
1 Large scale conference (1800 people)
6 Mid-size conferences (100-250 people)
14 Small conferences (10-99 people)
5615 attendees in total
22/23
28 Events including
3 Dinner events
12 Receptions
1 Large scale conference (1800 people)
3 x Mid-sized conference s (100-250 people)
9 Small conferences (10-99 people)
4470 attendees in total

Level G public restaurant:
This assisted service restaurant is capable of absorbing high volumes at times of peak demand. It is popular at lunchtime attracting a consistent destination customer group made up of staff, local workers and residents and is populated by these users throughout the day for social occasions, meetings and as an outlet for take away service. At weekends and during school holidays the Barbican Kitchen is the catering outlet most regularly taken up by families visiting the Barbican.
Level G café:
The café on level G sits at the centre of our ground floor foyer and is the catering outlet with the longest trading hours.
We are not wedded to the idea of a branded coffee offer from this coffee point, but do want to ensure that the quality of the coffee range is commensurate with the best of independent coffee shops in the area. A good range of soft drinks, sandwiches, filled breads and snacks should also be available.
Level - 1 café:
This café opens according to programme operating chiefly around the Hall and Theatre though it does sometimes service Business Events. The range sold should be similar to that from Level G.

Lot3:
Level 1 table table service restaurant operating a variety of menu styles to a medium price point and attracts perhaps a younger demographic and some of our more experimental Theatre audiences. It benefits from the setting of its outdoor tables in the summer. The Barbican Centre is looking to close the existing Level 2 table service restaurant and radically develop the restaurant on Level 1 with the Support of the successful caterer provider.

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