Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cheviot Learning Trust
Sir Bobby Robson House, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Way,
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE13 9BA
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.cheviotlearningtrust.co.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Newminster
Mitford Road, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE61 1RH
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Chantry
Mitford Road, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE61 1RQ
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
OMS Ovingham
Prudhoe, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE42 6DE
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Highfield
Highfield Lane, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE42 6EY
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Stobhillgate
Stobhill, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE61 2HA
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Morpeth All Saints
Pinewood Drive, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE61 3RD
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.morpethallsaints.com/
one.1) Name and addresses
Wylam
Bell Road, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE41 8EH
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Prudhoe Castle
Castle Road, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE42 6PH
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Broomley
Main Road, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE43 7NN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
Whittonstall
Main Road, Whittonstall, Consett
Northumberland
DH8 9JN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main address
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/5383VM2338
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
The King Edward VI
Cottingwood Lane, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Northumberland
NE61 1DN
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Cheviot Learning 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 Cheviot Learning Trust.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £5,700,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC2 - Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
Main site or place of performance
Northumberland and Tyne and Wear
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for The Cheviot Learning Trust.
Contract value = £1,140,000 per annum with the total potential lifetime value of £5.7m. The initial contract award will be for 3 years with the option of 2 x 1-year extensions.
Cheviot Learning Trust educates around 5500 students across 18 schools in Northumberland between the ages of 2 and 19 and employs over 750 staff. They are a three tier Trust with some rural and small schools. The trust self-delivers catering at 17 of the schools, and the 18th school is outsourced. The trust now wishes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to deliver catering at 11 of the 18 schools. Whilst it’s the trusts intention to award all 11 schools to a single contractor, the trust reserves the right to remove schools from this process if it is financially disadvantaged by including them.
The trust LGPS is South Tyneside, who have confirmed that LGPS will be a pass-through agreement, which is the Trusts preference.
The schools that form this tender opportunity are;
High Schools;
The King Edward VI, Cottingwood Lane, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1DN
Middle Schools;
Newminster, Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1RH
Chantry, Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1RQ
OMSOvingham, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6DE
Highfield, Highfield Lane, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6EY
First Schools;
Stobhillgate, Stobhill, Morpeth, NE61 2HA
Morpeth All Saints, Pinewood Drive, Lancaster Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3RD
Wylam, Bell Road, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8EH
Prudhoe Castle, Castle Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6PH
Broomley, Main Road, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7NN
Whittonstall, Main Road, Whittonstall, Consett, Northumberland, DH8 9JN
Additional Schools
There is also the potential for further schools in the area to join during the term of the contract. If further establishments join at any time, they do form part of the Service and will be contracted with on the basis of the same terms, conditions and common requirements agreed for the main Service.
The Customer offers no guarantee that further establishments will take up this Service or of final meal numbers involved.
The trusts Purpose; Our core purpose is to advance education for the public benefit. We believe that each school in the Trust family has unique qualities to share and unique challenges to be resolved. Deep collaboration is a key Trust expectation that helps us to deliver significant benefits for the students, the staff and the schools that form the Trust. Each school is stronger in the Trust family; delivering a better education for the public good than if they were outside the Trust.
The trusts Vision; Our purpose is to deliver excellent education for the benefit of all and our mission is to develop all our young people to have the opportunity to succeed.
The trusts Values; Everything we do is based around the values that we hold dear: Innovation We’re here to shape the future, which is why we all have a responsibility to be thinking about the big issues of tomorrow; Cooperation We nurture the relationships that we’ve built over many years and we know by working together we can achieve more than we can alone; Respect We take the time to understand and make decisions and have due regard for the feelings, wishes and rights of others. Excellence We will always strive for continuous improvement and will produce the best solutions and deliver the best services possible.
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: £5,700,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
1 August 2025
End date
31 July 2030
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
24 January 2025
Local time
12:00pm
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-Newcastle-upon-Tyne:-School-catering-services./5383VM2338
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/5383VM2338
GO Reference: GO-20241216-PRO-28904932
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Cheviot Learning Trust
Sir Bobby Robson House, Esh Plaza, Sir Bobby Robson Wa
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE13 9BA
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1276673880
Country
United Kingdom