Catering services for transport enterprises

Tender description

To procure a new catering provider to operate a restaurant and coffee house and deliver event and conference catering for the Runway Visitor Park. The Runway Visitor Park (RVP) is in the Top Ten North West attractions, it is home to Concorde BOAC plus 4 other aircraft exhibits. It provides facilities for visitors to view Manchester Airport airfield operations as well as Concorde and aircraft tours, an education programme (15 000 children pa), conference and events. The RVP is open 363 Days (closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day) welcoming 350 000+ visitors per year (aviation enthusiasts, families, day trippers). We are seeking to award a contract to a single outsourced supplier to provide a catering function for events held at the RVP in addition to the daily functioning of the onsite Restaurant and Coffee Shop. Interested Parties should contact Joseph Thompson, Senior Buyer at joseph.thompson@magairports.com before the deadline of 12:00 on Friday 15.9.2017 to confirm interest We anticipated running this procurement via the ‘light touch’ negotiated procedure.