Luton Sixth Form College ~ Catering tender

Concepts

• school catering
• luton sixth form college
• bedfordshire
• college management team
• college
• core objectives of the college
• oldest sixth form college
• catering service
• college premises
• college for the catering service

Location

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Luton Sixth Form College.

Total Quantity or Scope

Luton Sixth Form College is the oldest sixth form College in the country (est.1966), and has a reputation as one of the top performing Colleges in the UK. It is also one of the largest and has over three thousand (2022/23 3,070) 16-19 year olds, with around 70% being from BME groups. Typically there will be 1600 – 1800 of these students on site on any given day. The current premises were built in 2010, giving a modern feel to both kitchen and front of house services, the scope of which includes coffee Bar, main restaurant servery and food shop/ outlet. The catering service also provides hospitality and events on an ad hoc basis. Current F&B turnover is just under £500k per annum delivered by a team of 11 staff, including two full time managers – GM and Head chef. •The College expects the successful Supplier to meet the needs of their students and staff. 16–19-year-old students are responsive to “fast grab and go” food, prepared to order and to branded foods. •The College management team want the College to be an exciting and interesting place for our students, and believe an innovative food supplier will be able to deliver a provision which feels mature, current and above all have a different look and feel to school experience. •The Supplier will enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, student lead food offering being prepared on-site. •The College expects the successful Supplier to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its values and provide a stimulating and relevant offer to students, reflecting high street offers that are fresh tasty and healthy. The College are continually seeking ways to improve and develop the ethos and environment for pupils and staff, to give them the facilities they deserve and need to meet the food service challenges of the 21st Century, any consideration regarding inward capital investment as part of the Supplier’s tender submission would be welcomed. The existing facilities are good with functioning and well-maintained core equipment, and College stakeholders suspect that a fourth food service outlet (perhaps in a container outside with a seasonal pop-up type variety of offers) would have ability to capture additional spend without compromising existing spending habits. Funding wise – the provision of this potential additional facility is not necessarily down to the Supplier, but assuming that the facility is there, there will be the opportunity to identify a supplier’s operating method and quantify additional return in the bidder’s requirement documentation at ITT stage. The College are interested in how service providers use of technology to help attract students to the offer and build loyalty. The College would also welcome bidders to create an as environmentally friendly provision as possible. The College would like the new contract to give as much cost certainty as possible, through potential guaranteeing maximum key cost lines, cost of labour, management fee and elements of sundry spend, or indeed via a guaranteed return. The core objectives of the College for the catering service are as follows: •To provide a food offer that engages, fuels and inspires students and staff with quality and consistency. •To find a service partner that proactively develops the menu and the financial model that the service generates •To develop the skills, competence and confidence of the loyal existing workforce to help raise quality and drive standards and consistency across the service offers Full details in relation to Luton Sixth Form College can be found at Luton Sixth Form College - Home (lutonsfc.ac.uk) Due to the geography and the demographic of the College, chicken products sold on College premises is subject to Halal - HMC accreditation. See SQ document for further details.

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. 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. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Bedfordshire:-School-catering-services./3HK7S83ZT6" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Bedfordshire:-School-catering-services./3HK7S83ZT6 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3HK7S83ZT6" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/3HK7S83ZT6 GO Reference: GO-202327-PRO-22069721