Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
Crownhill Road, Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.stclaudines.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/E944K7T3T2
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
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
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls ~ 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 full catering services at St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls at:
Crownhill Road
Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,083,333
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
Main site or place of performance
LONDON
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide full catering services at St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls at:
Crownhill Road
Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP.
With approximately 900 pupils and growing, St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls is a secondary school with an active sixth form. The school became an academy in September 2012 and has enjoyed over 25 years as a specialist in modern languages and was one of the first schools to achieve specialist status
St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls is part of the diocese of Westminster Academy Trust. The last OFSTED inspection was judged as ‘good’.
School website: https://www.stclaudines.co.uk/
Basis of Contract
The Client wishes to participate in a tender process with the intention of appointing a quality catering company to deliver full catering services. The contract will commence from September 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend up to a maximum of 5 years.
In order to deliver best value, the contract will be awarded on a ‘Cost-Plus’ with fixed guaranteed lines on food and labour costs.
The revenue is estimated to be £650,000 (over 3 years).
Objectives
The appointed Supplier will have significant experience of delivering quality catering services within secondary schools and should have suitable experience and expertise of successfully increasing pupil meal uptake and lunchtime sales growth. With all catering paid the London Living Wage the Supplier will ideally have a strong operational base in London with proven ability to manage an efficient catering service that delivers sustainable ‘best value’ to the school.
See SQ Document for further details.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £1,083,333
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2022
End date
31 August 2027
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Maximum number: 10
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
A minimum of 5 suppliers and a maximum of 10 suppliers will be taken forward to the tender stage of the process. Where less than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standards, only those that meet the minimum standards will be taken through to the tender stage. Where more than 5 suppliers meet the minimum standard, those suppliers with the highest scores will proceed to the tender stage.
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
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
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
25 March 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
25 April 2022
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
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.
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-London:-School-catering-services./E944K7T3T2
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/E944K7T3T2
GO Reference: GO-2022216-PRO-19661583
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
London
Country
United Kingdom