Leamington Primary School Cluster ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• leamington spa
• school catering
• warwickshire
• telford infant school
• similar sized schools
• catering services
• leamington primary school cluster ~ catering tender
• four primary schools
• school
• catering

Location

Warwickshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for four Primary schools in and around the Leamington area.

Total Quantity or Scope

The four schools will all be set up as separate contracts, duration of the contracts being offered is three years commencing on April 1st 2025, and concluding on March 31st 2028 apart from Telford Infant School which will start on April 1st 2026 and conclude on March 31st 2029. The contracts will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to each school. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term of two years. It is expected that the successful contractor will have experience in providing food for pupils at similar sized schools and understand the requirements of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards & Requirements). 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 schools. This includes breakfast clubs, 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 schools. Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. Please 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-Warwickshire:-School-catering-services./Z7... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Z7E6PG7XJM GO Reference: GO-202472-PRO-26775816