Published date: 10 April 2017

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


Closing: 1 April 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • School catering services - 55524000

Location of contract

MK46 4AB

Value of contract

£420,000

Procurement reference

2017/S 059-110244

Published date

10 April 2017

Closing date

1 April 2016

Contract start date

1 August 2016

Contract end date

31 July 2019

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 successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services to the following EMLC Academy Trust schools:

- Northampton International Academy;

- Castle Academy;

- Hardingstone Academy.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering and vending services within the Academies, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1.8.2016 and concluding on 31.7.2019.

The contract being offered within this tender will be based on a guaranteed performance basis with all free issue requirements and hospitality being recharged on consumption at 'net' food cost only.

EMLC Academy Trust currently sponsors five primary academies and one secondary academy, with an all-through free school due to open in September 2016.

By 2019, EMLC Academy Trust aims to be sponsoring between 12-15 open academies.

Further information is available within the PQQ Documentation.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

EMLC Academy Trust - Tender for Catering Services.

  • Opportunity
  • Published 2 March 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/emlc_academy_trust

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 1.4.2016 (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

7 July 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2017

Contract end date

31 August 2019

Total value of contract

£668,578

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Aspens Services Limited

Address

Hindlip
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

EMLC Academy Trust
Bridge House, Bridge Street, Olney
Milton Keynes
MK46 4AB
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://emlcacademytrust.co.uk/