Published date: 18 January 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.


Closing: 17 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions - 55523000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£7,000,000 to £8,000,000

Procurement reference

16 090

Published date

18 January 2017

Closing date

17 February 2017

Contract start date

11 April 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Provision of Catering Services for Knutsford Multi-Academy Trust, Middlewich High School, Poynton High School and Wilmslow High Schools, a single provider will be required to contract directly with all 4 schools. Contractor to provide breakfast, mid-day service, mid-am snacks for the staff & students

More information

Attachments

Additional text

This procurement exercise will be conducted on Cheshire East Borough Council's electronic Contract and Tender Management System at the www.the-chest.org.uk. Organisations wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement-specific information through the Contract and Tender Management System.

It is the organisations responsibility to satisfy themselves that they have provided all of the required information.

If you have any technical problems with The Contract and Management System please contact the helpdesk on: Email: ProcontractSuppliers@proactis.com or Tel: +44 (0)330 005 0352

The Council notes that the award of the contract may involve a transfer of employment undertakings pursuant to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, and will clarify the position with the applicants during the tender process.

Social Value: The Council is committed to ensure wider social and community benefits are achieved in the course of all its commissioning and procurement activities. In accordance with this, suppliers are required to work with the Council towards achieving such aims.
Tenderers must successfully pass all sections within the Supplier Questionnaire within the tender documents before being evaluated further.
The organisation should hold as a minimum the following insurance levels or be able to provide with their response, a written statement advising that should they be awarded the contract they will have the required levels of insurance in place for the commencement of the contract.
Public Liability 10 million GBP
Employers Liability 10 million GBP
Proaducts Liability 5 million GBP

About the buyer

Contact name

Louise Fenn

Address

Westfields
Sandbach
CW11 1HZ
England

Email

louise.fenn@cheshireeast.gov.uk