Published date: 18 February 2016

This notice was replaced on 18 February 2016

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

Awarded contract (published 1 February 2017)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • School catering services - 55524000

  • Office, school and office equipment cleaning services - 90919000

Location of contract

BH21 4DT

Value of contract

£480,000

Procurement reference

2016/S 032-051110

Published date

18 February 2016

Closing date

18 March 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 and cleaning services at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne.

The contract will commence on 1.9.2016 for 3 years, with the possibility of an extension for a further 2 years.

There are currently 1 558 students, 102 teaching and 60 FTE Support staff at the School.

Currently the catering and cleaning services are provided by Sodexo. The School is open to looking at either 1 contractor to manage both services or to offer the services to different specialist contractors. The School are actively developing and marketing their services to outside companies and organisations and they would be looking for the contractor to support this function in both catering and cleaning requirements that benefit both parties.

(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/queen_elizabeths_school__wimborne

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 18.3.2016 (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

Queen Elizabeth's School
Blandford Road
Wimborne
BH21 4DT
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.qe.dorset.sch.uk