The notice you are currently viewing is an Award Notice for the 2023 Swim Serpentine event. Please note that this is a voluntary award notice; this is a concession contract with a contract value that is significantly below the lower threshold for the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016.
Please also note that as a concession, the award value stated is an estimation.
The Royal Parks ("TRP") publishes this notice to record its intention to put in place a one-year contract for provision of catering consultancy services from 1st July 2023 to 30 June 2024 while a longer-term procurement strategy is developed for delivery of the following services:
- Annual financial audits of concessions.
- Mystery diner audits of concessions.
- Advice, project support to and evaluation of catering tenders.
- Project support for investment options.
- Development of catering strategies.
- Benchmarking and improvement.
The direct award of contract is required in order to ensure support for forthcoming catering tenders and to allow sufficient time for TRP to prepare a new, longer-term procurement.
It is intended to run a procurement exercise for a new catering consultancy contract for 2024 onwards, with the associated Invitation to Tender to be issued in 2023 and published on Find a Tender Service and Contracts Finder.
The Royal Parks (TRP) has awarded a Contract for the design, implementation and ongoing support of our CRM and Finance Systems, under the G-Cloud 12 Framework.
The Contract term and value refer to the 24 months initial term only and include all design, implementation, project management and training costs as well as licence and support costs. The Contract contains extension provisions on a 1+1 year basis.
The Royal Parks has awarded a Health and Safety consultancy contract to provide advice on all aspects of H&S management across our estate, supporting the small in-house team. Under the Contract, the consultant will receive requests/instructions for TRP as and when a requirement arises. The value indicated on this Award Notice is the total estimated value over the maximum, eight-year term of the Contract.
Areas of advice may include but are not limited to:
- Specialist advice on event safety;
- Assessing, auditing and assuring contractors' H&S management (covering areas such as FM, Landscape Maintenance, construction, major events, catering, volunteers etc);
- Support for undertaking and reviewing Fire Risk Assessments and providing competent fire safety advice;
- Undertaking Display Screen Equipment assessments;
- CDM management services and advice;
- Client support in relation to accident and incident investigations including liaising with enforcement bodies;
- Advising on road risk management;
- External audit and assurance of TRP's H&S management systems;
- Advice on managing other areas such as asbestos management, LOLER, legionella/water safety (L8), confined space work;
- Food Safety Advice & Auditing services to provide assurance to the client that concessionaires and service providers are managing their provision effectively.
The consultant will also be required to deliver IOSH training under the contract and where possible, first-aid training.
Clarification questions must be raised through the Delta portal (link below) by 14:00 on 15th December 2022.
The deadline for tender submissions (which again must be submitted via Delta) is 14:00 on 6th January 2023.
Additional information: Contract signature was on 16th March, Notice has been published the same day.
The Royal Parks - Intellectual Property Law
This procurement was awarded as a mini-competition under the CCS Public Sector Legal Services Framework, RM6240, Lot 2A (England) Framework, with the Intellectual Property specialism filter applied.
The contract to design and build a new staircase to provide a new access route to the Lido Café from an existing footpath. Works also include alterations to an existing footpath to connect to the new staircase and redecoration works to the existing staircase, bridge and balustrades.
Spec 1 - 2 x The Beast Electric UTV Buggy (New). Spec 3 - 1 x The Worker Pro Electric UTV Buggy (New) Spec 4 - 2 x Towable GT13064 Indespension 6x4 Goods Trailer (New)
Spec 1 - 2 x 2000l Western Global Water Bowsers (New) (or equivalent) Spec 2 - 1 x Towable 1125l Water Bowser with Petrol Pump (New) (or equivalent) Spec 3 - 2 x Western Global Abbi 2500 litre Static Diesel Tank (New) Spec 4 - 2 x Cleveland Site Safe Universal 700 Fuel Safe (New)