Corpus Christi Catholic High School ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• school catering
• cardiff
• corpus christi catholic high school
• catering services
• partner primary schools
• school
• catering
• christi
• schools
• corpus

Location

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Corpus Christi Catholic High School located in Wales

Total Quantity or Scope

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Corpus Christi Catholic High School located in Wales. The value of the contract is approximately £334,000 per annum. This includes hospitality and free meal income. Corpus Christi Catholic High School is an 11-16 Catholic comprehensive school situated in the north of Cardiff. Corpus is a very successful, over-subscribed school with 1,136 pupils on roll and approximately 120 staff on site. The school was opened in 1995 and benefits from an ongoing programme of refurbishment. We are part of a thriving and supportive community of parents, parishes, and partner primary schools within the Archdiocese of Cardiff. The Free School Meal allowance is currently £3.40 per pupil with 21.9% of pupils eligible for a meal. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements. The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st January 2025 and concluding on 31st December 2027 and will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to Corpus Christi Catholic High School. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term excluding the right to further extend for a further term of two years. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature. 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. This includes a breakfast offer provided by the catering team, a mid-morning break, hospitality for visitors and provision for inset days. 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 South Wales to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products As you can appreciate, working with the local community is something that the school strives to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from local suppliers (within a 20-mile radius of the School) Corpus Christi Catholic High School also seeks to ensure that the catering operation will have the following objectives from January 2025. 1.The provision of a healthy balanced menu including daily fresh vegetables and fruit that meets nutritional guidelines. 2.Suitable portion sizes for each age group. 3.A focus on food waste, in line with the Welsh government guidelines. 4.Opening of additional outlets to help with timings and queue management. 5.A series of added value days organised and run throughout the year, including support for key curriculum dates. 6.The successful contractor’s management team show a real interest in the school and its students moving into this contract term. 7.Engagement with parents and pupils through newsletters, attendance at parent’s evenings and other methods. 8.Clear and transparent accounting. Please see SQ Document for further 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-Cardiff:-School-catering-services./N639FR3... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/N639FR3239 GO Reference: GO-2024517-PRO-26081359