Graveney Trust ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• school catering
• full catering services
• quality catering services
• graveney school
• graveney trust
• graveney school welham road
• trust schools
• catering
• graveney
• secondary schools

Location

LONDON

Description

The Trust wishes to appoint a single supplier to deliver full catering services to all schools. The contract will commence from 1st August 2024 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend for a further period of 1 plus 1 years. v

Total Quantity or Scope

Graveney Trust is a MAT based in Tooting, London which formally came into existence in April 2013. The Trust has responsibility for Graveney School, which has a history of outstanding achievement over very many years, with five outstanding Ofsted inspections to its credit in the last couple of decades. Also, in the Trust is Tooting Primary School which opened in 2013 and Franciscan Primary School which joined in 2018. Trust Schools: Graveney School Welham Road, SW17 9BU Tooting Primary School Franciscan Road SW17 8HE Franciscan Primary School 221 Franciscan Road SW17 8HQ Background Graveney School: A mixed secondary schools with circa 2,200 pupils aged 11-18. The school has approximately 15% of pupils eligible for free school meals. Tooting Primary School: A mixed primary school with circa 400 pupils aged 4-11. Franciscan Primary School: A mixed primary school with circa 300 pupils aged 2-11. The school has nursery classes Basis of Contract The Trust wishes to appoint a single supplier to deliver full catering services to all schools. The contract will commence from 1st August 2024 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend for a further period of 1 plus 1 years. The total turnover estimated for all schools is circa £2.8 million (over 3 years). Objectives The appointed Supplier will have: •Significant experience of delivering quality catering services within a MAT containing both Secondary and Primary schools. •Sufficient local resources to ensure the required level of service is constantly maintained. •Familiarity with successfully managing high volume commercial budgets in secondary schools •Proven ability to grow sales and increasing pupil meal uptake •A compelling attitude towards making the lunchtime service appealing, healthy and educational for children.

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Legal Justification

Contract start date.

Other Information

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-London:-School-catering-services./A2594WAV63" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-London:-School-catering-services./A2594WAV63 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/A2594WAV63" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/A2594WAV63 GO Reference: GO-2024226-PRO-25364632