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Café Concession

Awarded United Kingdom Hotel, restaurant & catering services

Buyer National Library of Scotland

€3.1M awarded value · €3,149,055

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Awarded to

Cygnet Stocks Holdings Limited

Awarded value
€3,149,055
Record with this buyer
1 first contract from this buyer in the register

Summary

Machine-generated summary

The National Library of Scotland awarded a concession contract to operate the café at its main premises on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh. The café sits in the main public entrance and forms part of the visitor centre, which receives around 350,000 visitors per year. The winner is Cygnet Stocks Holdings Limited, with an awarded value of EUR 3,149,055.28. The contract value of GBP 2,700,000 inclusive of VAT was the anticipated turnover over the full contract term, based on an average annual turnover of GBP 300,000 inclusive of VAT achieved by previous café concessionaires at the same premises. The status of the notice is contract awarded, with an award date of 2025-12-19.

Timing

  1. Awarded
  2. Published

Description

The National Library of Scotland seeks to appoint an experienced café Concessionaire with proven experience running a successful café. The café is located at the Library's main Edinburgh premises on George IV Bridge. The building visitor numbers are around 350,000 per year, and the potential annual café turnover is in the region of 300,000 GBP inclusive of VAT. The café is situated in the main public entrance of the building and forms an integral part of the visitor centre. This is a concession contract. The contract value of 2,700,000 GBP is the anticipated turn-over inclusive of VAT over the full contract term, based on an average annual turn-over of 300,000 GBP inclusive of VAT. These figures are based on the average annual turn-over achieved by previous cafe concessionaires at the same premises. (SC Ref:820084)

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Market

Hotel, restaurant & catering services in United Kingdom

median award in this market
€188,501
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What this market pays

The buyer has too few awards of its own in this sector, so this is the range of the last 29 awards for Hotel, restaurant & catering services in United Kingdom.

This award
€3.1M
Median award
€188,501
Middle half of past awards
€97,061 to €947,194

The award is larger than three in four past awards.

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Market context

open now in Hotel, restaurant & catering services
1,263
median open notice
€205,860

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Hotel, restaurant & catering services

different companies won awards here
37
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
15%
buyers awarded contracts here
38

Based on 41 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland

United Kingdom

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