Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Accord Multi Academy Trust
Storrs Hill Road, Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 0DG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Horbury Primary Academy
Northfield Lane, Horbury
Wakefield
WF4 5DW
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://horburyprimary.accordmat.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Middlestown Primary Academy
Cross Road, Middlestown
Wakefield
WF4 5QE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://middlestown.accordmat.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Horbury Academy
Wakefield Road, Horbury
Wakefield
WF4 5HE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://horbury.accordmat.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Ossett Academy
Storrs Hill Road, Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 0DG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
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/MKAP67T78V
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
Accord Multi Academy 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 successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Accord Multi Academy Trust (located in the Wakefield area) with the following schools;
~ Horbury Primary Academy, Northfield Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DW
~ Middlestown Primary Academy, Cross Road, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 5QE
~ Horbury Academy, Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
~ Ossett Academy, Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £4,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance
West Yorkshire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Accord Multi Academy Trust (located in the Wakefield area) with the following schools;
~ Horbury Primary Academy, Northfield Lane, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5DW
~ Middlestown Primary Academy, Cross Road, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 5QE
~ Horbury Academy, Wakefield Road, Horbury, Wakefield, WF4 5HE
~ Ossett Academy, Storrs Hill Road, Ossett, WF5 0DG
Contract value = £800k per annum current turnover
The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
Accord Multi Academy Trust has approx. 3,466 pupils
Horbury Primary 449
Middlestown Primary Academy 196
Ossett Academy 1730
Horbury Academy 1091
The two primary schools are currently outsourced, and the secondary schools are managed in house. The Trust is putting its catering contract out to tender for all 4 schools with a contract start date of 1st September 2024 and a phased approach. The contract management for the 2 primary schools, will commence 1st September 2024 with the two secondary schools following in January 2025.
Horbury Primary Academy is currently a receiving kitchen, so catering for the first term will be produced by the Trust in House team at Ossett Academy and transferred to Horbury Primary. The successful provider will be asked to contribute to the management of the catering at the two secondary schools on an Executive Lease type arrangement for the first term, this to include the set up and overseeing of the production and transfer of meals for Horbury Primary Academy. The awarded contractor will need to make provision for investment for Horbury Primary to be a production kitchen from 1st January 2025.
There will be members of catering staff who are in the Local Government Pension Scheme. Therefore, Admitted Body Status will apply.
In addition, it is worth noting that Accord has recently had approval from the DfE to onboard a further school which has 88 pupils and is in the same locality. Subject to the transfer going ahead, when their current catering contract is due for review (31st March 2025) there would be an opportunity to bring that school under the same provider at that time.
The Trusts’ Vision and Values are:
At Accord, we celebrate our differences through strong collaboration and inspire all members of our learning community to be the best they can be. We believe that working together makes us stronger and the support and challenge of each other enriches each of our academies and the Trust.
Our academies work on the following key principles:
Ambitious for our young people and staff
Creating a positive climate and an ethos for learning and success
Collaborative to secure the best possible learning experiences for young people and staff.
Opening Doors for parents, carers and the community and being fully inclusive
Resilient in order to develop young people and staff a mindset for success.
Dynamic and reflective learning communities
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: £4,000,000
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
Accelerated procedure
Justification:
September 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
12 April 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
6 May 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-2024318-PRO-25525513
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Accord Multi Academy Trust
Storrs Hill Road, Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 0DG
Country
United Kingdom