Published date: 20 January 2016

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


Closing: 19 February 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Catering services - 55520000

Location of contract

GU14 8JX

Value of contract

£1,800,000

Procurement reference

2016/S 012-016219

Published date

20 January 2016

Closing date

19 February 2016

Contract start date

1 August 2016

Contract end date

31 July 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 Sixth Form College Farnborough is a statutory sixth form college corporation with charitable status. It specialises in 16-18 year olds who are all full time day students. There is no adult provision or evening classes.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the students on roll and 300 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of student tastes and dietary requirements. The College would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly.
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2019 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the College a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of catering services. Sovereignty of the cash tariff is to remain with the College for the duration of this contract.
The College year is based on a calendar of 195 days but because of the nature of the studies at College, there is a staged enrolment process at the start of the year. Similarly at the year end, second year students finish earlier for study before their exams. This means that the full cohort of student are in together for about 170 days per annum with a mixture of first year students and second year students during other days.
The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the College, which currently includes morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Hospitality will be charged based on consumption and at net food cost.
Whilst the College prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the College is not obliged to accept the lowest price.
The value of the current contract (2014/15) is £607,000.
The College expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, with fresh, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients being prepared on-site. The College expects the successful tenderer to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its values.
The College believes that success should be celebrated and that students should enjoy their time at college; if lessons are stimulating and challenging then students will love learning. Much time therefore, is spent reviewing and planning schemes of work to ensure that they are differentiated to meet the needs of all students. As a result, the College are very enthusiastic regarding work experience and apprenticeship proposals and would welcome the input of the successful Contractor.
Please be advised that this contract will be let on a 3 + 2 years basis.

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/the_sixth_form_college_farnborough

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 19.2.2016 (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.

Award information

Awarded date

20 May 2016

Contract start date

1 August 2016

Contract end date

31 July 2019

Total value of contract

£2,000,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Aramark Ltd

Address

Farnborough
United Kingdom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

The Litmus Partnership

Address

The Sixth Form College Farnborough
Prospect Avenue
Farnborough
GU14 8JX
England

Email

pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Website

http://www.farnborough.ac.uk/