Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Kings Heath Boys School
Chamberlain Road, Kings Heath
Birmingham
B13 0QP
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG31 - Birmingham
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.kingsheathboys.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/269X3WV53Q
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
Kings Heath Boys School ~ 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 and hospitality services for the Kings Heath Boys School.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £800,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG31 - Birmingham
Main site or place of performance
Birmingham
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Outstanding schools have a burning desire to get the best possible deal for children in every respect. They are places where the culture of achievement runs deep with clear vision in their commitments and wording that all the students work towards, throughout the academic year.
At Kings Heath Boys we have high expectations for all our students and we continually 'strive for excellence'. Our aim is to foster a happy, caring environment where students feel nurtured and safe to achieve the very best that they can. We are a stimulating, caring and diverse school with strong partnerships between the school, its students, their families, and the local community. Our students flourish because they feel supported, encouraged, and enthused by all around them.
We have high standards for students regarding attendance, punctuality, attitudes to learning and their willingness to take an active role in school life. This is testament to the wonderful staff at the school who strive to provide the highest quality teaching and learning, wider learning opportunities and individualised pastoral care.
We are delighted that from September 2024, we will be enrolling both boys and girls to our school as we become Kings Heath Secondary School. We have completed a great deal of work on our site and our curriculum to ensure that this is successful and that we continue to provide an excellent education to all of our students who will benefit from our excellent academic and pastoral provision.
Our ambitious curriculum prepares students for academic success and for life beyond school, whilst being balanced and appropriate to the individual needs of our learners.
Our values sit at the heart of our curriculum and empower each child to develop the attitudes and characteristics to thrive in every aspect of their lives. Our students strive for excellence in all aspects of life, becoming active participants in the school community, ready for the next stage of their education.
Leaders at all levels ensure that the school provides educational provision to the highest standard, having a positive impact on all students.
Kings Heath Boys School catering aims:
•To ensure that the whole school community understands the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet in promoting health. and wellbeing.
•To offer students and staff a range of value for money options, suitable for all customer’s budgets to maximise uptake of the catering service.
•To stimulate student interest in the service through promotions, variety, new foods, and links between to the curriculum
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 school. 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 every day. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1st of September 2024 until 31st of August 2027, with the option to extend for a further two years.
See SQ Document for more information.
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: £800,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 September 2024
End date
31 August 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
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
12 April 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
29 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-2024311-PRO-25466125
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Kings Heath Boys School
Chamberlain Road, Kings Heath
Birmingham
B13 0QP
Country
United Kingdom