- 1. The Partnership Trust
- 2. Cameley Primary School
- 3. Castle Primary School
- 4. Chew Magna Primary School
- 5. Farmborough Church Primary School
- 6. Fosse Way School
- 7. Hayesdown First School
- 8. Horrington Primary School
- 9. Marksbury C of E Primary School
- 10. Moorlands Infant Schools
- 11. Moorlands Junior School
- 12. Nunney First School
- 13. Paulton Infant School
- 14. Pensford Primary School
- 15. Roundhill Primary School
- 16. The Mendip School
- 17. St Mary’s C of E Primary & Nursery
- 18. Weston All Saints Primary School
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Partnership Trust
Mulberry Lodge, Longfellow Road, Radstock
Bath
BA3 3AL
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://thepartnershiptrust.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Cameley Primary School
Meadway, Cloud
Bristol
BS39 5BD
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cameleyprimaryschool.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Castle Primary School
Newlands Road, Keynsham
Bristol
BS31 2TS
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.castle.bathnes.sch.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Chew Magna Primary School
Butham Lane, Chew Magna
Bristol
BS40 8RQ
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.chewmagna.bathnes.sch.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Farmborough Church Primary School
The Street, Farmborough
Bath
BA2 0FY
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.farmboroughchurchprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Fosse Way School
Longfellow Road, Radstock
Bath
BA3 3AL
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.fossewayschool.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Hayesdown First School
Wyville Road, Frome
Somerset
BA11 2BN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.hayesdownschool.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Horrington Primary School
Bath Road, Wells
Somerset
BA5 3EB
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.horringtonprimary.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Marksbury C of E Primary School
Marksbury
Bath
BA2 9HS
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.marksbury.bathnes.sch.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Moorlands Infant Schools
Chantry, Mead Road
Bath
BA2 2DE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Moorlands Junior School
Chantry, Mead Road
Bath
BA2 2DE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Nunney First School
Catch Road, Nunney, Frome
Somerset
BA11 4NE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nunneyfirstschool.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Paulton Infant School
Plumptre Close, Paulton
Bath
BS39 7QY
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.paultoninfantschool.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Pensford Primary School
Pensford Hill, Pensford
Bristol
BS39 4AA
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.pensfordschool.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Roundhill Primary School
Mount Road, Southdown
Bath
BA2 1LG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.roundhill-pri.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
The Mendip School
Edmund Rack Road, Prestleigh, Shepton Mallet
Somerset
BA4 4FZ
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.themendipschool.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
St Mary’s C of E Primary & Nursery
Old Road, Writhlington, Radstock
Somerset
BA3 3NG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK23 - Somerset
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.stmaryswrithlington.co.uk/web/
one.1) Name and addresses
Weston All Saints Primary School
Broadmoor Lane, Weston
Bath
BA1 4JR
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.wasp-school.org.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
The Partnership Trust ~ Catering and Hospitality Services Tender V2
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 Partnership Trust
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: £6,636,673
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK12 - Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Main site or place of performance
Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for The Partnership Trust
The Partnership Trust comprises of seventeen schools, both nursery and primaries’, which are located in or around Bath, Bristol and Somerset and The Partnership Trust Head Office location is Mulberry Lodge, Longfellow Road, Radstock Bath, BA3-3AL, which is at the heart of the community. The schools are: -
The Partnership Trust is a well-established Multi Academy Trust situated in North Somerset and Bath & Northeast Somerset, will include at the commencement to this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement.
The Partnership Trust - Our Mission, Vision and Values
https://thepartnershiptrust.co.uk/our-mission-vision-and-values/
The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on April 2025 and concluding on March 2028, with the potential for an extension of up to a further two years on the same terms and conditions without the right to further extend. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature.
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 Trust. 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 across all Schools.
These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise a truly local supply chain and the farming” belt” in the North Somerset/BANES/Bristol area to source all fresh produce, namely being:
Bakery Products
Meat
Fruit and Vegetables
Dairy Products
The contract at each school will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) with all universal free school meals and free school meals charged to the client monthly at net food cost only. All hospitality is to be charged on a net food cost basis.
The approximate cost of the contract currently
The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor’s organisation, thus working to deliver The Partnership Trust environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of The Partnership Trust
The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is complete at all times and staff turnover is kept to a minimum
The Partnership Trust expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide this service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for The Partnership Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT.
Please note: Further schools may be added to the contract during the tender process and during the life of the contract as detailed above.
The contract value for this tender is £1,305,169 per annum.
For more information please see the SQ Document
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: Criterion 1 / Weighting: 30
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
two.2.14) Additional information
Please note this is a contract award notice, this contract has already been awarded.
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: 2024/S 000-017936
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
20 December 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MiQuill Catering Ltd
Suite 109, 79 Friar Street
Worcester
WR1 2NT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG1 - Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
National registration number
06886456
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £7,831,014
Total value of the contract/lot: £6,636,673
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=945608229 GO Reference: GO-2025429-PRO-30358053
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Partnership Trust
Mulberry Lodge, Longfellow Road, Radstock
Bath
BA3 3AL
Country
United Kingdom