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Provision of Catering and Vending Services

Deadline

26 Mar

The contractor will provide comprehensive catering and vending services for Galway City Council's new headquarters. This includes managing a main restaurant and vending services, ensuring quality and nutritional standards are met.

📍 Galway

This tender has been awarded

Must-haves

Fail any = disqualified
Required

Complete the Declaration of Bona Fides as per Art. 57 of Directive 2014/24/EU

Required

Complete the Declaration regarding compliance with relevant statutory obligations

Required

Confirmation that the tenderer / all parties associated with the tenderer are fully tax compliant

Required

Demonstration of successful delivery of two previous comparable contracts

Required

Demonstration of operation of health & safety systems in line with relevant legislation

Can you bid?

Required certifications

  • ISO 9001
  • Safe-T-Cert

Public liability insurance

€6,500,000

Background

The scope of work involves delivering catering services that include breakfast and lunch options, as well as all-day beverage services. The contractor will also manage vending services with a focus on healthy options. A dedicated account manager will be required to oversee the contract and ensure compliance with quality and health standards.

What this involves

{'scope': 'The successful operator will provide catering and vending services to staff and visitors at the new Galway City Council civic headquarters at Crown Square. The full scope of the concession is to be defined at Stage 2.', 'timeline': None, 'citations': {'deliverables': ['Response Document EOI.docx:0'], 'scope_summary': ['Response Document EOI.docx:0']}, 'deliverables': ['Completed Expression of Interest Response Document', 'Evidence of two comparable previous catering contracts', 'Declaration of personal circumstances', 'Declaration of statutory obligations compliance', 'Health and Safety compliance evidence'], 'scope_summary': "Stage 1 expression of interest for a concession contract to provide catering and vending services at Galway City Council's new headquarters at Crown Square, Galway.", 'summary_brief': "This is a Stage 1 EOI for a concession to operate catering and vending facilities at Galway City Council's new Crown Square headquarters. Interested parties must demonstrate financial capacity, insurance, previous experience in comparable catering contracts, and Health and Safety compliance. Shortlisted candidates will proceed to Stage 2.", 'summary_detailed': 'Galway City Council is seeking expressions of interest from catering service providers to operate a catering and vending concession at its new headquarters building at Crown Square, Galway. This is Stage 1 of a two-stage concession award process. Candidates must pass/fail criteria covering financial information, personal circumstance declarations, statutory compliance, two previous comparable catering contracts, Health and Safety compliance, and optionally a Quality Management System and Environmental Management System. Insurance requirements include Employers Liability (€13m) and Public Liability (€6.5m).'}

Breakfast service with hot and cold options
Lunch service with a variety of meal choices
All-day beverage service
Vending services with healthy snack options
Dedicated account manager for contract oversight

Scoring

commercial

Price

40%
technical

Methodology

30%

Lots (1)

Lot 1

Documents (2)

PDF

Expression of Interest.pdf

298.3 KB · RFT / Invitation to Tender

DOCX

Response Document EOI.docx

92.8 KB · Tender Response Template

Original notice text

Galway City Council is seeking Expressions of Interest ( Stage 1) from suitably qualified candidates with a view to awarding a contract, following a competitive dialogue process, for five years, with an option for Galway City Council to extend the contract for a further year, for the provision of catering and vending services at our new headquarters in Crown Square, as outlined in the specification.

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Details

Deadline

26 Mar

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Location

Catering and vending services at the new headquarters in Crown Square, Galway.

Clarification

16 Mar 2026

eTenders ID

7640223

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