Scope
Reference
MC-CATERING-25
Description
Moulton College wishes to appoint a company to provide a fully managed catering service to College students and staff, with occasional pre-arranged catering of events. However, the Provider is actively encouraged to maximise the commercial opportunity available to expand the service by offering catering / refreshments for evening and weekend events and to external customers.
The primary objective of the contract is to ensure that a high standard of catering is maintained, providing a highly proactive, appealing, and nutritious catering service that makes a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of the students.
The Customer is seeking to enter into a contract with a Provider who:
•is a suitably qualified supplier of catering services,
•can deliver a fully managed, outsourced catering service to the Customer's sites,
•can offer an affordable contract costing model, ultimately reducing the cost to the Customer,
•will support the Customer's aims of providing high quality, healthy and nutritious meals, at an affordable price,
•will work in close partnership with the Customer to offer age appropriate, hot and cold meals which exceed the Government's requirements for School Food Standards and take into account individual student dietary requirements where necessary,
•will work with the Customer to market and maximise the number of student meals being bought,
•will maximise the commercial opportunity offered by the Customer's catering facilities, particularly the coffee shops, by taking advantaged of additional opportunities offered by weekend and evening events (sporting events, open days etc.).
The Contract will be for a period of three years with three options to extend of 12 months each.
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Total value (estimated)
- £3,300,000 excluding VAT
- £3,960,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028
- Possible extension to 31 August 2031
- 6 years
Description of possible extension:
Three extension periods of 12 months each, at the sole discretion of the College and subject to satisfactory performance.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 55510000 - Canteen services
- 55520000 - Catering services
Contract locations
- UKF2 - Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
Participation
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation
Please refer to the tender documents
Technical ability conditions of participation
Please refer to the tender documents
Submission
Enquiry deadline
30 May 2025, 11:00pm
Tender submission deadline
6 June 2025, 12:00pm
Submission address and any special instructions
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25277HV357
All submission to be made to the above address
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Award decision date (estimated)
30 June 2025
Award criteria
| Name | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| quality | Quality | 60% |
| cost | Cost | 40% |
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Open procedure
Documents
Associated tender documents
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Northamptonshire:-Canteen-and-catering-services./25277HV357
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Contracting authority
Moulton College
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYJW-3188-DDNG
West Street
Moulton
NN3 7RR
United Kingdom
Region: UKF24 - West Northamptonshire
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government