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The Council of the Borough of Bournemouth

Ice Cream Concession for the Bournemouth Air Festival

HospitalityCPV 55500000 15555000 39222000
Value£72k
Deadline8 Dec 2017
Published8 Jan 2018
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 8 Jan 2018ClosedCloses 8 Dec 2017
Contract value in context
£72ktotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.6m

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The brief

The Council is seeking tenders from a dynamic, forward thinking and innovative suppliers to operate an Ice Cream concessions business at nominated sites for the duration of the Air Festival for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

The Council already operates a number of its own Ice Cream retailing outlets, however this is an opportunity for a supplier to rent additional areas to retail ice cream in the busiest period of the summer season.

The successful supplier will provide high quality ice cream service at reasonable prices and be able to provide a courteous and efficient service emphasising customer satisfaction in a full-service environment.

The Council also reserve the right to ask the supplier to provide these services at other major Council festivals.

There will be a total of seven sites for the Bournemouth Air Festival along the seafront and East Overcliff Drive in which the contractor must fill all sites.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful supplier will provide high quality

The successful supplier will provide high quality ice cream service at reasonable prices and be able to provide a courteous and efficient service emphasising customer satisfaction in a full-service environment.

02

The Council also reserve the right

The Council also reserve the right to ask the supplier to provide these services at other major Council festivals.

03

There will be a total of seven

There will be a total of seven sites for the Bournemouth Air Festival along the seafront and East Overcliff Drive in which the contractor must fill all sites.

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Stage
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Source
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