Published date: 7 April 2016

This notice was replaced on 7 April 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 23 May 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • School catering services - 55524000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£3,300,000

Procurement reference

2016/S 055-091153

Published date

7 April 2016

Closing date

22 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 successful tenderer/s will be required to provide catering services at any 1 or more of the following schools:

- The Skinners' School;

- Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School;

- The Judd School;

- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

Combined contract value = 1 100 000 GBP total annual sales.

The 4 schools are close to 1 another geographically and have decided to embark on a joint catering tender exercise. They all have the same contract catering provider currently and seek new ideas from bidders participating in this process.

The schools are looking to use their turnover to maximise investment from bidding catering contractors and seek innovative catering solutions that will benefit them individually and collectively.

Suppliers will be asked to bid for all schools, however each school will have the opportunity to award their contracts to the same or different suppliers (or to none of them), depending on the bid submissions.

The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1.9.2016 to 31.8.2019, with the option for a further two years, and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the Schools a guaranteed return /cost per annum for the provision of catering services.

Sovereignty of the cash tariff is to remain with the Schools for the duration of this contract.

The School year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development (catering sometimes required) which means that School will be open to receive pupils for the legal minimum of 190 days.

Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3 + 2 years basis.

Further information is available within the PQQ Documentation.

More information

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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/tunbridge_wells_grammar_schools

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 22.4.2016 (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.

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

Tunbridge Wells Grammar Schools
Tunbridge Wells
TN4 9PG
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk