Cheetham CofE Community Academy ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• school catering
• cheetham cofe community academy
• greater manchester
• provision of all catering services
• cheetham
• new food service offer
• objectives of this tender
• regular customer
• free school meals
• high-quality service levels

Location

Greater Manchester

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Cheetham CofE Community A (The client) The school is a three form entry with approximately 650 students on roll, of which 270 are entitled to Universal Infant Free School Meals and 56 are entitled to Key stage 2 Free School Meals. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

Total Quantity or Scope

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 30th October 2023 and concluding on 29th October 2026 and will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to Cheetham CofE Community Academy. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term excluding the right to further extend for a further term of three years. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature. The contract currently offers a bottom line return to Cheetham with Paid meals at £2.20, FSM £2.46 and UIFSM charged at £2.41. It is expected that the successful contractor will have experience in the requirements of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards & Requirements) and be able to offer innovation and forward thinking during this contract term. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations within the School. Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils’ moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise the local supply chain and farming” belt” in Greater Manchester to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products Please see SQ document for more information.

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-Greater-Manchester:-School-catering-services./9EQ52N6U53" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Greater-Manchester:-School-catering-services./9EQ52N6U53 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/9EQ52N6U53" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/9EQ52N6U53 GO Reference: GO-2023411-PRO-22515863