CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Catering Services at Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Blatchington Mill School, Hove, UK.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Governors of Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College wish to invite bidders to provide a school meals service to the School.

The school currently employs around 265 employees and serves around 1 700 students. The school wishes to solicit professional, properly defined and costed propositions and solutions for the provision of school meals. The contractor is invited to make creative and innovative proposals aimed at quality, sustainability, environmental and health and safety compliance adopting a whole life costings approach.

In summary, the School will be looking for the Contractor:

— To provide healthy, nutritious meal options in pleasant and orderly environments.

— To seek customer satisfaction and understand their needs.

— To provide best value.

— To provide a flexible, friendly and professional service (responsive to site and user specific requirements).

— To work in partnership with the School.

— To demonstrate continuous improvement.

— To demonstrate a commitment to environmental improvement; awareness of environmental issues relating to the Contract and a willingness and capability to minimise negative environmental impact. Effective working practices should support water and energy efficiency and waste minimisation.

The contract would be offered as a 3 year contract with an option to extend for 24 months, with an estimated annual income of about GBP 350 000 in the first instance. However it should be noted that income for the contract period can only be estimated.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

(MT Ref:146089).

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice