- 1. Synergy Multi Academy Trust
- 2. Fakenham Infant School
- 3. Fakenham Junior School
- 4. Astley Primary School
- 5. Corpusty Primary School
- 6. Gresham Village School
- 7. Cromer Junior School
- 8. Antingham and Southrepps Primary School
- 9. Reepham Primary School
- 10. Bawdeswell Community Primary School
- 11. Foulsham Primary School
- 12. Mattishall Primary School
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Synergy Multi Academy Trust
Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 4JT
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.synergymat.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Fakenham Infant School
Norwich Road
Fakenham
NR21 8HN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.fakenhaminfant.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Fakenham Junior School
Queens Road, Fakenham
Norfolk
NR21 8BN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.fakenhamjunior.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Astley Primary School
Fakenham Road, Briston
Norfolk
NR24 2HH
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.astleyprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Corpusty Primary School
Norwich Road, Corpusty, Norwich
Norfolk
NR11 6QG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.corpustyprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Gresham Village School
Cromer Road, Gresham, Cromer
Norfolk
NR11 8RF
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.greshamvillage.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Cromer Junior School
Norwich Road, Cromer
Norfolk
NR27 0EX
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cromerjunior.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Antingham and Southrepps Primary School
Lower Street, Southrepps
Norfolk
NR11 8UG
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.antinghamsouthrepps.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Reepham Primary School
School Road, Reepham
Norwich
NR10 4JP
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.reephamprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Bawdeswell Community Primary School
Foxley Road, Bawdeswell
Dereham
NR20 4RR
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.bawdeswellprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Foulsham Primary School
High Street, Foulsham, Dereham
Norfolk
NR20 5RT
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.foulshamprimary.org.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Mattishall Primary School
Dereham Road, Mattishall
Dereham
NR20 3AA
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.mattishallprimary.org.uk/
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/2752J2X3V5
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
Synergy 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 the eleven Primary schools within the Synergy Multi Academic Trust, all situated in rural Mid and North Norfolk.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £5,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKH15 - Norwich and East Norfolk
Main site or place of performance
Norwich and East Norfolk
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Synergy Multi Academy Trust (SMAT) works collaboratively across its schools, bringing a high quality of inclusive education to all. We are ambitious for our young people and believe they should come away from our Trust not only with the best qualifications possible to reach their ambitions in life, but with enquiring and open minds.
The trust recognises that rural schools are an important part of the education eco-system and that they play a central role in their local communities. Rural schools are special places, and the Trust is excited to nurture and enable thriving and vibrant education opportunities to all our young people. Young people deserve an excellent education, and the Trust believe in the success of every child.
Current catering service annual turnover for the eleven schools in scope is estimated to be around £1million per annum. Catering is currently provided by two service providers and the on-site teams are generally highly regarded by school stakeholders and are seen as a key contributor to the day-to-day functionality of the schools.
The contract is likely to be for an initial 3-year term with the opportunity to extend by mutual agreement for a further two years (3+1+1).
The principle aim of this process will be to realise the benefits of a single specialist service provider. This Is a key strategic project for catering that will bundle catering services of primaries of varying size, that is designed to attract in-form education sector caterers to make confident and commercially attractive bids.
This Intention of the process is to bring the trust’s Primary School catering services under one service provider – with the objective to achieve a higher consistent level of quality in each school and an improved level of off-site support and communication than is currently being achieved by the mix of service providers.
Please see SQ Document for more information.
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: £5,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 January 2025
End date
31 December 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
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
23 August 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
16 September 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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Norfolk:-School-catering-services./2752J2X3V5
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/2752J2X3V5
GO Reference: GO-2024723-PRO-26965778
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Synergy Multi Academy Trust
Whitwell Road, Reepham, Norwich
Norfolk
NR10 4JT
Country
United Kingdom