Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Shirehampton Primary School
St Mary's Walk, Shirehampton
Bristol
BS11 9RR
UK
Telephone: +44 1276673880
E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKK11
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.shirehamptonprimary.org/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/A6HZ2RR5YU
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
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
Shirehampton Primary School — Catering Services Tender
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55524000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services for Shirehampton Primary School.
Shirehampton Primary School is located in Shirehampton, Bristol, BS11 9RR, near to the river Avon and Avonmouth. We have over 500 amazing children attending our school ! We pride ourselves on our ‘open door’ policy: fantastic and hardworking staff and governors plus extremely supportive parents.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK11
Main site or place of performance:
Bristol, City of Bristol.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The School is acutely aware of the additional pupil educational and lifestyle benefit that will be achieved through the provision of an engaging catering service. We expect and require the successful caterer to provide active support to most pupil and community events throughout the year, with a very busy School calendar.
The client recognises that school food standards provide an important nutritional safety net for pupils; therefore, all food and drink provided by or on behalf of the School shall comply with the school food standards legislation. The client requires year one menus to be fully compliant with the Food for Life Silver standard.
The guaranteed performance contract will commence on 25.10.2020, for an initial period of 5 years, ending 24.10.2025, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of 2 years at the discretion of the school governing body. This is the second time the market has been tested for the catering service.
The client intends to focus heavily on healthy, fresh, seasonal, locally sourced produce prepared onsite and sees the catering service as an exciting opportunity to complement the overall pupil experience, through the regular introduction of new ingredients, themed and promotional events. The successful supplier will be required to play their part in acting as a catalyst for improvement of the pupil experience.
The client requires the successful supplier to be extremely engaged in leveraging the catering service, to the benefit of pupils and the local community alike, proactively supporting a very active school calendar, with multiple promotions in any given month. A pupil Centric Ethos is required in practise, continuing the high level of pupil engagement that the School has previously developed.
The successful supplier will work closely with the client to manage the provision of catering and the overall meal experience. The value of the current catering contract is circa 100 000 GBP.
The client invites suppliers to consider offers of appropriate capital investment; however, no significant requirements have been identified at this stage.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
25/10/2020
End:
24/10/2027
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
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.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
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:
13/03/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
03/04/2020
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
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.
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://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-School-catering-services./A6HZ2RR5YU
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A6HZ2RR5YU
Go reference: GO-2020131-PRO-15910411
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Shirehampton Primary School
Bristol
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
31/01/2020