Published date: 5 July 2018

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


Closing: 15 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions - 55523000

Location of contract

WA10 3AG

Value of contract

£1,360,000

Procurement reference

2018/S 120-273889

Published date

5 July 2018

Closing date

15 December 2017

Contract start date

13 July 2018

Contract end date

12 July 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Carmel College is a Catholic 6th Form College that welcomes students of all faiths and backgrounds. It is committed to developing a community of mutual respect where personal qualities are highly valued and each student has the opportunity to reach their absolute potential.

Over the years, Carmel College has gone from strength to strength and has gained a national reputation for quality. It has achieved outstanding academic results for many years and continues to provide excellence in teaching and learning in order to maintain these high standards. As well as being the best performing college in Merseyside and Cheshire, the college is also rated in the top 10 % of schools and colleges nationally.

In recent years over 23 000 000 GBP of investment has transformed Carmel's campus into a truly inspiring place of learning providing technology rich facilities for generations to come.

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services at Carmel College (the Client).

The Client is looking for a Supplier who will be their partner within a vibrant competitive market. The catering service is currently outsourced to a catering contractor.

Any Supplier wishing to be considered for this contract must be able to demonstrate experience and depth of knowledge in the management and handling of TUPE issues.

The contract will commence on 13.7.2018 for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend on a 1 + 1 basis. The value of the contract is 1 360 000 GBP.

This contract as a minimum will be nil cost in nature with the successful Supplier developing the team and market to move forward. Investment is not actively sought, but may be required to enhance and further the service, should the bid require it.

We are seeking a suitably experienced Supplier who has current experience of working within the college and secondary school market place, ideally with a strong operational base within the North of England, thus allowing for responsive, contract support and management of catering staff. The service has in the last 12 months encountered stiff competition from a fast food development close by and the Supplier will need to provide a service that competes and exceeds the offers from elsewhere.

The successful Supplier will be required to formally report each month on catering standard performance and operational matters, ensuring the senior management team at the college is fully informed about all issues related to delivery of the catering service.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Carmel College - Tender for Catering Services.

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 October 2017

Links

Additional text

Interest in the selection 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 Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/carmel_college

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 15.12.2017 (12:00). Suppliers 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 Selection 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 Supplier'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 Contract 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

8 May 2018

Contract start date

13 July 2018

Contract end date

12 July 2023

Total value of contract

£1,360,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cater Link Limited

Address

Reading
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

Carmel College
Prescot Road
St Helens
WA10 3AG
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.carmel.ac.uk