Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Graveney Trust
Graveney School, Welham Road
London
SW17 9BU
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.graveneytrust.org/index.asp
one.1) Name and addresses
Graveney School
Welham Road
London
SW17 9BU
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Tooting Primary School
Franciscan Road
London
SW17 8HE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.tootingprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Franciscan Primary School
221 Franciscan Road
London
SW17 8HQ
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.franciscan.wandsworth.sch.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/A2594WAV63
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
Graveney Trust ~ 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 Trust wishes to appoint a single supplier to deliver full catering services to all schools. The contract will commence from 1st August 2024 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend for a further period of 1 plus 1 years. v
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £4,600,000
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
Graveney Trust is a MAT based in Tooting, London which formally came into existence in April 2013. The Trust has responsibility for Graveney School, which has a history of outstanding achievement over very many years, with five outstanding Ofsted inspections to its credit in the last couple of decades. Also, in the Trust is Tooting Primary School which opened in 2013 and Franciscan Primary School which joined in 2018.
Trust Schools:
Graveney School
Welham Road,
SW17 9BU
Tooting Primary School
Franciscan Road
SW17 8HE
Franciscan Primary School
221 Franciscan Road
SW17 8HQ
Background
Graveney School: A mixed secondary schools with circa 2,200 pupils aged 11-18. The school has approximately 15% of pupils eligible for free school meals.
Tooting Primary School: A mixed primary school with circa 400 pupils aged 4-11.
Franciscan Primary School: A mixed primary school with circa 300 pupils aged 2-11. The school has nursery classes
Basis of Contract
The Trust wishes to appoint a single supplier to deliver full catering services to all schools. The contract will commence from 1st August 2024 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend for a further period of 1 plus 1 years.
The total turnover estimated for all schools is circa £2.8 million (over 3 years).
Objectives
The appointed Supplier will have:
•Significant experience of delivering quality catering services within a MAT containing both Secondary and Primary schools.
•Sufficient local resources to ensure the required level of service is constantly maintained.
•Familiarity with successfully managing high volume commercial budgets in secondary schools
•Proven ability to grow sales and increasing pupil meal uptake
•A compelling attitude towards making the lunchtime service appealing, healthy and educational for children.
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: £4,600,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 August 2024
End date
31 July 2029
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
Accelerated procedure
Justification:
Contract start date.
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
28 March 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
22 April 2024
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.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
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.
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GO Reference: GO-2024226-PRO-25364632
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Graveney Trust
Graveney School, Welham Road
London
SW17 9BU
Country
United Kingdom