Attenborough Learning Trust - Outsourced Catering Service

Concepts

• school catering
• leicester
• outsourced catering service
• the catering services requirement
• the new service
• the outsourced catering service
• a quality service
• learning
• catering
• outsourced

Location

Leicester: School sites across Attenborough Learning Trust

Description

The Trust is seeking a Contractor that will deliver an Outsourced Catering Service for this contract to provide a high-quality service, whilst delivering value for money for the school, parents and pupils using the Services. The Contract will include all food and staff provision to support the delivery of the catering services requirement.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Trust is seeking a Contractor that will deliver an Outsourced Catering Service for this contract to provide a quality service, whilst delivering value for money for the school, parents and pupils using the Services. There are a mixture of production kitchens and dining centres. The Contract will include all food and staff provision to support the delivery of the outsourced catering service. School meals matter. It has been well documented that children who eat nutritious meals every day and lead active lifestyles tend to excel. The Trust recognise that their schools are on the frontline of efforts to improve childhood nutrition and our collective health. Improving the meals that our pupils eat in schools is an important step to achieve that goal. The Trust and its schools are located in an area of deprivation. Nutritious meals are vital for deprived school children due to their profound impact on physical health, cognitive development, and overall well-being. For children from disadvantaged backgrounds, access to healthy food can be limited, making school meals a critical source of nutrition. It is therefore of the upmost importance to the Trust that pupils receive a hot meal that is both nutritious and of a suitable portion size to enable them to fulfil their potential. There is a requirement to provide HMC unstunned meat in some of the schools, therefore it will be a mandatory requirement that the contractor can deliver this. Additional information: The contract is with Leicester City Council, who have given notice to end their contract on the 31st March 2025. The new contract will deliver the onsite aspect of the mobilisation over a weekend as Leicester Council will finish on Friday 28th March, with the new service starting Monday 31st March. Two schools with County will start Sep 25

Renewal Options

2 further 1 year extensions (3.5 + 1 + 1)

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.

Other Information

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