Published date: 18 December 2018

This notice was replaced on 28 August 2019

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

Awarded contract (published 28 August 2019)

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

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£2,500,000

Procurement reference

2018/S 243-555853

Published date

18 December 2018

Closing date

28 January 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2024

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

The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services for The Laurus Trust at the following locations:

- Laurus Ryecroft,

- Laurus Cheadle Hulme,

- Cheadle Hulme Primary School,

- Didsbury High School,

- Cheadle Hulme High School.

The catering service provision to the Trust will encompass a mixture of primary and secondary schools, including new builds and existing schools. To ensure that best value principles are applied the Governors and Senior Leaders of the Trust have decided to Tender the catering services.

Secondary school opened in September 2018 for 155 students. There will be approximately 310 students in September 2019. Once it moves into permanent accommodation it will then have an intake of 210 pupils per year from 2020. The 6th form is due to open in 2021/22 or 2022/23 depending upon the capital build and will accommodate 300 students. The school will accommodate 1 350 students when full.

The Laurus Trust operates outstanding schools - we want our catering company to have all of the essential abilities and skills to provide an outstanding catering service to our students, staff and visitors at all our schools.

You should have the knowledge of how to provide exceptional dining experiences, be able to manage everyone around you and be able to address a concerning matter and take quick actions where required.

Providing a high quality and reliable catering service has a major effect on the whole learning experience for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why The Laurus Trust is passionate about having very high quality catering facilities, with excellent food choices which are nutritionally balanced for everyone. Having excellent customer care, the caterer should be polite, diplomatic and thoughtful while dealing with all our students, staff and visitors.

The way you operate in our schools is crucial to ensure customer satisfaction and to encourage students continue to use the facilities and enjoy the meal times.

Your menus and pricing structure need to be clear to the students so that they can understand exactly what the offer is to them. The Trust has spent a lot of time and money in ensuring we have good quality dining facilities where students can enjoy meal times and we have recently refurbished and extended our 6th form dining space at Cheadle Hulme High School.

We are looking for a refreshing and innovative approach that reflects, amongst other things, the changing profile of student life and their food preferences and types and preferred styles of dining.

It's essential to The Laurus Trust that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core catering service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contracts of the schools within the Trust. We would like the contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems.

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

More information

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/the_laurus_trust__catering_services

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 28.1.2019 (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.

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

The Laurus Trust
c/o Cheadle Hulme High School, Woods Lane
Cheadle
SK8 7JY
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.laurustrust.co.uk