Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence
Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL52 8AE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence ~ 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 Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence.
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: £900,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK13 - Gloucestershire
Main site or place of performance
Gloucestershire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cleeve School offers consistently outstanding teaching and an innovative and highly personalised curriculum, where literacy and numeracy skills are secured as firm bedrocks. We aspire to be exceptional on everything we do and we achieve this by collaborating, both in terms of teams within the School and also in terms of organisations and ‘best practise’ elsewhere.
The School provides a safe and stimulating environment, where mutual respect threads through the celebrated ethos of care, support and guidance. In preparing students for the world beyond school, we firmly believe in high standards of dress and attitude, so that good manners, tolerance and understanding underpin everything we do. Tradition is important ~ and we hold on to our traditions and high expectations, whilst also thoroughly embracing innovation and a 21st century approach to learning.
The School has a well-defined vision for the period of this catering contract: ‘Our Students and staff see our catering as first rate and as a key part of the day’s offer’ https://www.cleeveschool.net/3-5-Year-Strategy-2022/doc/index.html
There are currently 1570 pupils and 190 staff, this number has increased in recent years due to housing developments in the local area. In recent years the School has made significant investments to increase the size of the well equipped kitchen and upgrade dining room furniture. A second satellite Bistro kitchen and indoor dining area has been developed, there are two outdoor pods. The Sixth Form Centre of Excellence also have their own dedicated and separate satellite kitchen and indoor seating areas.
The catering contract being offered will commence on 1 August 2022 for an initial period of three years, concluding on 31 July 2025, and will be offered on a guaranteed performance basis, with a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days. Annual spend is circa £300K.
The successful contractor is expected to have a good local operational presence, as specialist caterers in the secondary school and/or FE sector.
The contract covers the scope for the provision of catering services within the School, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free school meals and hospitality will be charged at cost price, based on consumption. Meal Deal Tariff is currently £2.40 and FSM is at a cost of £1.30. The School expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, prepared on-site.
See SQ Document for further details.
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
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: 2021/S 000-023872
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
7 April 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Innovate Services Ltd
St Andrews House, West Street, Woking
Surrey
GU21 6EB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
National registration number
06420662
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £900,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,328,761
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.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=685495686
GO Reference: GO-2022422-PRO-20016141
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence
Gloucestershire
Country
United Kingdom