Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School
Abbey Place
Faversham
ME13 7BQ
UK
Contact person: Graeme Lloyd
Telephone: +44 1795533132
E-mail: gll@queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk
NUTS: UKJ4
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
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
www.mytenders.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
RM & C Consultants Limited
Suite 3 Corner House Offices High Street
Cranbrook
TN7 3HE
UK
Contact person: Mike Pooleman
Telephone: +44 1580715531
E-mail: mike.pooleman@rmandcconsultants.co.uk
NUTS: UKJ4
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.rmancconsultants.co.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
Queen Elizabeth Grammer School Catering Service Tender
Reference number: RM&C/2019/QEGS/235
II.1.2) Main CPV code
15894210
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School is an outstanding [Ofsted rating 2015] forward thinking school based in Faversham, Kent which aims to provide an education for life for all students within a caring supportive environment. We offer an enjoyable, successful and enriching experience aimed to stimulate and engage all.
Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School was established in 1576 and became a co-educational school in the current site in 1967.
The total number of students has risen from 870 in 2011 to 980 at the start of the 2017 academic year. Each year group from Year 7 to 11 is full and waiting lists are in operation. There are 240 students in the sixth form. For the start of the 2017 academic year, Queen Elizabeth’s was once again one of the most oversubscribed schools in Kent, with almost 500 applicants for the 140 available places in Year 7.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
850 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
55524000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ4
Main site or place of performance:
Queen Elizabeth Grammar School.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Student Roll years 7 to 11 732.
Student roll sixth form 221.
Free meal entitlement 34.
Free meal value from September 2018 2,35.
Staff duty meals per day 10.
Value of staff duty meal from September 2018 2,50.
Breakfast service times window of 08:00 am to 08:40 am.
AM break service times 10:55 am to 11:15 am.
Lunch service times 12:55 pm to 01:45 pm.
Annual cash sales (guidance only) 135 000.
Value of annual hospitality 1 000.
Each Thursday of the school term calendar is a “condensed” day and the main service times are changed to:
— AM break 10:25 am to 10:45 pm,
— lunch 12:15 pm to 01:00 pm.
The school has 190 term (trading) days.
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:
850 000.00
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 guaranteed cost contract with an option to extend for a further 2 years subject to satisfactory performance.
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:
08/03/2019
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
18/03/2019
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 website at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=214871.
(MT Ref: 214871)
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
06/02/2019