Published date: 29 March 2016

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.


Closing: 3 May 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

NE8 1HH

Value of contract

£160,000 to £190,000

Procurement reference

A8BE-4T3Q7T-A8HK-Y3INW3

Published date

29 March 2016

Closing date

3 May 2016

Contract start date

2 June 2016

Contract end date

31 July 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Gateshead School Catering (the Council) currently provides a school meals service in 69 primary and special schools throughout the borough of Gateshead. In all of these schools the handling of dinner monies and the ordering of meals each day is completed through manual systems which vary from school to school. The Council charges schools for the total number of meals served each week and schools then break down the number of free and paid meals. The schools currently collect and manage paid dinner monies. The Council prepares meals in bulk as there is no system in place to supply the kitchen staff with a list of chosen meals prior to service, therefore the Council experiences a higher than necessary volume of food waste each school day. The Council requires a software solution (the System) that automates the ordering of meals in schools, the registration of child attendance and the management of data input by schools regarding payments received by them for meals. The System should remove the need for daily bulk preparation of meals and thus reduce food waste, speed up the service of food and provide a full reporting functionality. The System is to be offered to all primary schools where the Council provides a school meals service (at present, 69 schools); however there is no guarantee that every school will require use of the System. Please log onto the NEPO Portal, register your interest and download the documents for full details of this requirement.

More information

Additional text

Instructions to Suppliers: Please log onto the NEPO Portal (www.nepoportal.org), register your interest
and download the documents for full details of this requirement.

If you need any assistance doing so please contact the Portal Help Desk on 0191
261 3940

About the buyer

Contact name

Kerry Leece

Address

Civic Centre
Regent Street
Gateshead
NE8 1HH
UK

Telephone

0191 433 5983

Email

kerryleece@gateshead.gov.uk