Management of Hotels and Guest Houses
The procurement contact named on the official notice.
https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/ Please note that in order to submit the tender electronically, all bidders must, in the first instance, register with the ProContract portal. Bidders, if having technical difficulties in using the e-Tendering portal, should contact the provider directly through one of the following mediums. Email: ProContractSuppliers@proactis.com Alternatively, use the electronic ticket logging system which can be found at: https://suppliersupport.proactisservicedesk.com The Contracting Authority’s access to the e-Tendering portal information and view, differs from that of the bidder. The e-Tendering portal is managed by Proactis.
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This is a large award for Real Estate Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,366 valued Real Estate Services tenders in our corpus.
The scope (Subject Matter of the contract) includes the management of the Contracting Authority’s 61 hotels and guest houses and the initial production of a detailed strategy to outline the management and investment approach to be taken during the life of the contract.
This contract does not replace a current contract; the work has been previously carried out in house, but the Contracting Authority has insufficient resources or expertise to deliver this and as a result is procuring the work.
The new contract is estimated to require 9 weeks for mobilisation/ transition.
Further details on the scope and Specification (Technical, Legal, Performance and Financial) can be found in Annex B1 – Specification.
The total budget available is estimated between £1.4m and £2m over the full six-year term (please note that the core term is four years with an optional 2 x 12-months extension periods).
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This contract does not replace a current
This contract does not replace a current contract; the work has been previously carried out in house, but the Contracting Authority has insufficient resources or expertise to deliver this and as a result is procuring the work.
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- Plan for deliveryMobilisation period“…act is estimated to require 9 weeks for mobilisation/ transition. Further details on the scope and Specification…”
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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06035c
- Stage
- tender · Open
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- 064402-2026
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