Contract

The Partnership Trust ~ Catering and Hospitality Services Tender V2

  • The Partnership Trust
  • Cameley Primary School
  • Castle Primary School
  • Chew Magna Primary School
  • Farmborough Church Primary School
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  • Fosse Way School
  • Hayesdown First School
  • Horrington Primary School
  • Marksbury C of E Primary School
  • Moorlands Infant Schools
  • Moorlands Junior School
  • Nunney First School
  • Paulton Infant School
  • Pensford Primary School
  • Roundhill Primary School
  • The Mendip School
  • St Mary’s C of E Primary & Nursery
  • Weston All Saints Primary School

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-017721

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-046eda (view related notices)

Published 29 April 2025, 4:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

The Partnership Trust

Mulberry Lodge, Longfellow Road, Radstock

Bath

BA3 3AL

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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://moorlands-school.org/

one.1) Name and addresses

Moorlands Junior School

Chantry, Mead Road

Bath

BA2 2DE

Email

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://moorlands-school.org/

one.1) Name and addresses

Nunney First School

Catch Road, Nunney, Frome

Somerset

BA11 4NE

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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

Email

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