Contract

Leamington Primary School Cluster ~ Catering Tender

  • Milverton Primary School
  • St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Warwick
  • Telford Infant School
  • St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Whitnash

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-003860

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04791e

Published 5 February 2025, 4:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Milverton Primary School

Greatheed Road, Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 6ES

Email

tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1276673880

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.milvertonprimaryschool.co.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

St Mary Immaculate Catholic Primary School, Warwick

Wathen Road, Warwick

Warwickshire

CV34 5BG

Email

tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://stmaryimmaculateschool.co.uk/

one.1) Name and addresses

Telford Infant School

Kelvin Road

Leamington Spa

CV32 7TE

Email

tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.telford-inf.warwickshire.sch.uk/web

one.1) Name and addresses

St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Whitnash

Rowley Road, Whitnash

Leamington Spa

CV31 2LJ

Email

tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKG13 - Warwickshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.sjcwhitnash.co.uk/

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract involves joint procurement

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Leamington Primary School Cluster ~ Catering Tender

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 55524000 - School catering services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

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

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £1,417,364.23

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKG13 - Warwickshire
Main site or place of performance

Warwickshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

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.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Please note this is a Contract Award Notice, this contract has already been awarded.


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-020116


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

18 December 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 5

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

MiQuill Catering Ltd

Suite 109, 79 Friar Street

Worcester

WR1 2NT

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKG1 - Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
National registration number

06886456

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,295,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,417,364.23


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional 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.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=923173808

GO Reference: GO-202525-PRO-29315218

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Milverton Primary School

Greatheed Road, Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 6ES

Country

United Kingdom