Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cathedral Schools Trust
Pill Road, Pill
Bristol
BS20 0HU
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cathedralschoolstrust.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Bristol Cathedral Choir School
College Square
Bristol
BS1 5TS
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Cathedral Primary School
College Square
Bristol
BS1 5TS
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cathedralprimaryschool.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Headley Park Primary School
Headley Lane, Headley Park
Bristol
BS13 7QB
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://headleypark.bristol.sch.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Victoria Park Primary School
Atlas Road, Bedminster
Bristol
BS3 4QS
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.victoriaparkprimary.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Stoke Park Primary School
Brangwyn Grove, Lockleaze
Bristol
BS7 9BY
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.stokeparkprimary.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Trinity Academy
Romney Avenue, Lockleaze
Bristol
BS7 9BY
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.trinityacademybristol.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
St Katherine's School
Pill Road, Pill
Bristol
BS20 0HU
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
St Werburgh's Primary School
James Street, St Werburgh’s
Bristol
BS2 9US
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://stwerburghsprimary.com/
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/R4AD5A6WPA
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
Cathedral Schools 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 and hospitality services for the Cathedral Schools Trust.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £1,200,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Main site or place of performance
Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Eight schools are part of this tender (please see below) we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract.
The Cathedral Schools Trust is well established Multi Academy Trust situated in Bristol and North Somerset and will include at the commencement to this contract the following 8 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 schools which will be part of this tender are:
•St Katherine's School - Pill Road, Pill, Bristol, BS20 0HU
•Bristol Cathedral Choir School - College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS
•Cathedral Primary School - College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS
•Headley Park Primary School - Headley Lane, Headley Park, Bristol, BS13 7QB
•Victoria Park Primary School - Atlas Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4QS
•Stoke Park Primary School - Brangwyn Grove, Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9BY
•Trinity Academy - Romney Avenue, Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9BY
•St Werburgh's Primary School - James Street, St Werburgh’s, Bristol, BS2 9US
** Please note that St Werburgh’s is a split site and it has meals served from both sites
It will be noted that within the tender specification that additional schools may join this contract within the contract term, these being:
•Henleaze Junior School - Park Grove, Bristol BS9 4LG
•Henleaze Infant School - Park Grove, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LG
•Hotwells Primary School - Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol BS8 4ND
•Ashton Gate Primary School - Ashton Gate Rd, Southville, Bristol BS3 1SZ
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: £1,200,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 August 2025
End date
31 July 2028
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
15 November 2024
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
16 December 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-Bristol:-School-catering-services./R4AD5A6WPA
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/R4AD5A6WPA
GO Reference: GO-2024107-PRO-27964359
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cathedral Schools Trust
Pill Road, Pill
Bristol
BS20 0HU
Country
United Kingdom