Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Reading School
Erleigh Road
Reading
RG1 5LW
UK
Contact person: Amanda Snow
Telephone: +44 1189015600
E-mail: asnow@reading-school.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rmandcconsultants.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA9341
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.mytenders.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
RM&C Consultants Limited
450 Brook Drive Green Park
Reading
RG2 6UU
UK
Contact person: David Allen
Telephone: +44 7786312805
E-mail: David.Allen@rmandcconsultants.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rmandcconsultants.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the following address:
RM&C Consultants Limited
450 Brook Drive Green Park
Reading
RG2 6UU
UK
Contact person: David Allen
Telephone: +44 7786312805
E-mail: David.Allen@rmandcconsultants.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ11
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rmandcconsultants.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Reading School Catering Tender.
Reference number: RM&C/RS/2018/603
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55524000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The School require their catering service contractor to provide a very high quality food offer within a meal cost pricing structure for boarding students and competitive tariff for the main school. The following table details the meal times, days and weeks required.
Service provided Times Days Weeks
Breakfast 7:30 — 8:00 5 39
Break 10:35 — 11:05 5 39
Lunch 12:50 — 13:40 5 39
Evening Meal 17:50 — 18:15 4 39
In addition, there is a requirement for hospitality, sporting events and client issues.
The turnover for the current catering service is circa 400 000 GBP.
The Boarding School operates Sunday evening through to Friday PM and students receive 3 meals and 2 snacks per day.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
15894210
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ11
Main site or place of performance:
Reading School.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
For the contractor to:
Demonstrate how they will maintain the current very high standard of food quality and service.
To ensure the continued commitment to healthy eating, vegetarian cuisine, fair trade and local sourcing. This must include the quality, variety, presentation and merchandising of the food and continued support of the existing catering team.
Maintain and develop the ‘restaurant culture’ by ensuring students are able to eat a range of different foods, making healthy and informed choices, eating as a social activity, open to trying new foods etc. To work with the School to provide an environment to support the change.
Provide high quality, reasonably priced catering for training events and meetings held on each site.
To enter into an agreement that rewards The Contractor for continual improvements in their financial and operational performance as well as passing on any financial benefits to the School over and above any agreed guarantees.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Initial 3 year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years — 5 years in total.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged number of candidates: 5
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
03/01/2018
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
09/01/2018
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at http://www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=204774
(MT Ref:204774).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
RM&C Consultants Limited
Suite 3 Corner House Offices, High Street
Cranbrook
TN17 3HE
UK
Telephone: +44 1580715531
Internet address(es)
URL: www.rmandcconsultants.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/11/2017