St Mary’s Catholic High School ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• school catering
• lancashire
• catering services
• catholic high school
• free school meals
• st mary’s catholic high school
• catering tender
• annum st mary’s catholic high school
• school
• catering

Location

Lancashire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for: St Mary’s Catholic High School

Total Quantity or Scope

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for: St Mary’s Catholic High School Royal Avenue Leyland PR25 1BS Contract value = £131k turnover per annum St Mary’s Catholic High School is a school of approx. 814 pupils in years 7-11. The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The annual catering budget will be expected to be guaranteed with free school meals, free issues and hospitality invoiced to the client on a monthly basis. Free school meals to be invoiced according to actual take up at tariff value and free issues and hospitality charged at food cost with no mark up. The catering is currently managed by the Local Authority. Admitted Body status will apply with regards to Local Government pensions. The school has a main dining area and a kiosk and is looking for a catering partner who will work with them to develop and enhance the service in line with student expectations, healthy eating principles and a strong environmental ethos. Innovation and continuous improvement will form a key component of ensuring that value for money is delivered to the students and the school. The school would like to see increased take up of the break and lunch services by current none users and are looking for service development and communication that will attract new customers. The school will welcome proposals for improvement to the facilities which may involve capital investment on the part of the catering provider. Headteacher welcome - ‘Here you will find a calm and purposeful working environment, with a rich extra-curricular provision, allowing pupils the opportunity to excel. They are wonderfully supported by staff who are hard-working, caring and committed. The inspiration for all we do comes from our Catholic faith and is based on the Gospel values of love, honesty, respect and forgiveness. In so doing, we believe our Mission, which is to ‘let your light shine’, comes alive.’ See SQ Document for more information.

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

Indicators

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

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: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Lancashire:-School-catering-services./2385... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/23856G472S GO Reference: GO-202451-PRO-25920248