Published date: 21 June 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 25 April 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • School catering services - 55524000

Location of contract

NG31 7PX

Value of contract

£735,000

Procurement reference

2016/S 061-102589/2

Published date

21 June 2017

Closing date

25 April 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2016

Contract end date

31 August 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The West Grantham Academies Trust is a small Trust with the ambition to provide a world class education for the families and community we serve. The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services for the following Academies within the Trust:

- The West Grantham Academy St Hugh's

- The West Grantham Academy St John's

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the students, teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements. The Trust would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered at each Academy and make recommendations accordingly.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the Academies which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements, which are to be recharged on consumption at 'net' food cost only.

The duration of the contract being offered is initially for 3 years commencing on 1.9.2016 and concluding on 31.8.2019. There will be an option to extend the contract for a further 2 years by mutual agreement. It will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the School a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of core catering services.

As a Trust who are continually seeking ways to improve and develop the ethos and environment for students and staff, to give them the facilities they deserve and need to meet the challenges of the 21st Century, we are looking for the successful tenderer to provide innovation and forward thinking to refresh and rejuvenate the catering facilities thus improving on the current provision. This will be discussed in more detail with shortlisted companies at the site meeting.

The quality of food provision will be critical and indeed your organisation must be flexible enough to source bakery, meat, fruit and vegetables and dairy products through local suppliers based no more than 20 miles from West Grantham. It is expected that menus will feature and utilise products in season when available.

Customer engagement will be fundamental to the continuous improvement in the service provision and within your tender response your methodology to this will need to be detailed along with examples of where this has been undertaken within similar contracts recently.

The successful contractor should have similar operations within the local area thus ensuring that the Operational Management Team responsible for the contract is available for regular unplanned visits and support for the contract, and that coverage for any planned or unplanned leave from within the establishment staffing structure can be easily provided.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The West Grantham Academies Trust - Tender for Catering Services

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 April 2016

Links

Additional text

Interest in the pre-qualification process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.

The pre-qualification questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/the_west_grantham_academies_trust

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 25.4.2016 (12:00). Tenderers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

It will be the Tenderer's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.

The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this OJEU notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.

The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.

The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.

Award information

Awarded date

30 June 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2016

Contract end date

31 August 2019

Total value of contract

£429,105.69

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Taylor Shaw

Address

Warrington
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

The West Grantham Academies Trust
St Hugh's Site, The Avenue, Dysart Road
Grantham
NG31 7PX
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.wgacademiestrust.org.uk/