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Contract Notice

Richard Huish Trust — Catering Services Tender

  • First published: 13 February 2020
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Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Richard Huish Trust
Authority ID:
AA78802
Publication date:
13 February 2020
Deadline date:
13 March 2020
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Richard Huish College

Based in Taunton, Richard Huish College is more than a Sixth Form College. Huish delivers high quality education to 2 400 students a year with around 250 teaching and support staff. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, it is a place where you can expand your horizons and develop among like-minded people. The Richard Huish Group is an independent charitable organisation established by Richard Huish College, an academy sponsor approved by the Department for Education, to support local schools. Richard Huish has a clear vision to provide exceptional education and training through the delivery of a holistic and vocational curriculum. Huish is one of the leading inspected state Sixth Form Colleges in the country and regularly ranked amongst the best state colleges nationally for A level results.

As a Tier 4 sponsor with UK Visas and Immigration we welcome applications from students around the world to study at our elite English college alongside British students.

Catering requirements on site include a refectory for breakfast, mid-morning break and lunch, Costa Coffee outlet, other food outlets, vending machines and hospitality events, both in and out of core times.

Oak House Accommodation

Oak House is our purpose-built student accommodation which opened in September 2017. This house offers our students a more independent living experience in preparation for university life and beyond. Oak House is walking distance to college, allowing for easy access into college life, both academically and socially.

Oak House offers a fantastic communal area and living space downstairs, and has both single and twin bedrooms. All rooms are en-suite. Catering requirements are breakfast and a 3-course evening meal to be provided each day.

The contract/s covers the scope for the provision of all catering services on each site plus send-out meals to 2 local primary schools from The Taunton Academy, and meals for Oak House at Richard Huish College 7 days per week.

Contract value over the 2 of sites is circa 475 000 GBP per year: Richard Huish College 322 000 GBP and The Taunton Academy 157 000 GBP.

The tender will be managed on a group basis; however, the College and the Academy will require individual operational budgets and contracts, and may wish to appoint the supplier they would like for their particular site. As the contract will not therefore necessarily be awarded on a group basis, suppliers will have the option to show additional financial benefits on a separate upload if one or more site were to be awarded to one supplier.

The contract/s will be awarded for 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract/s.

Please note the site visits will be held on 16.4.2020 at the same time at each site. Suppliers are to arrive at the relevant site reception 15 minutes prior to breakfast and mid-morning break. Suppliers will leave site after mid-morning break and return 10 minutes prior to lunch service. With regard to Oak house this will be visited to view the evening meal.

Please note that no further unit site visits will be held after this date.

Each suppliers’ site visit attendees will need to be notified to Ruth Lile by 13.4.2020.

Suppliers’ sales and operations teams should be made fully aware of this requirement for them to have time to plan resources for these visits to be undertaken.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Richard Huish Trust

c/o Richard Huish College, South Road

Taunton

TA1 3DZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1276673880

E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

NUTS: UKK23

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.richardhuishtrust.co.uk

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/FMEH33642H


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

Richard Huish Trust — 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/s will be required to provide catering services for Richard Huish Trust at the following locations:

— Richard Huish College,

— Taunton Academy.

The contract start date is 1.8.2020 for Richard Huish College and 1.9.2020 for The Taunton Academy.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for all lots

II.2) Description

Lot No: 1

II.2.1) Title

Richard Huish College

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

55524000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKK23


Main site or place of performance:

Somerset.

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Richard Huish College

Based in Taunton, Richard Huish College is more than a Sixth Form College. Huish delivers high quality education to 2 400 students a year with around 250 teaching and support staff. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted, it is a place where you can expand your horizons and develop among like-minded people. The Richard Huish Group is an independent charitable organisation established by Richard Huish College, an academy sponsor approved by the Department for Education, to support local schools. Richard Huish has a clear vision to provide exceptional education and training through the delivery of a holistic and vocational curriculum. Huish is one of the leading inspected state Sixth Form Colleges in the country and regularly ranked amongst the best state colleges nationally for A level results.

As a Tier 4 sponsor with UK Visas and Immigration we welcome applications from students around the world to study at our elite English college alongside British students.

Catering requirements on site include a refectory for breakfast, mid-morning break and lunch, Costa Coffee outlet, other food outlets, vending machines and hospitality events, both in and out of core times.

Oak House Accommodation

Oak House is our purpose-built student accommodation which opened in September 2017. This house offers our students a more independent living experience in preparation for university life and beyond. Oak House is walking distance to college, allowing for easy access into college life, both academically and socially.

Oak House offers a fantastic communal area and living space downstairs, and has both single and twin bedrooms. All rooms are en-suite. Catering requirements are breakfast and a 3-course evening meal to be provided each day.

The contract/s covers the scope for the provision of all catering services on each site plus send-out meals to 2 local primary schools from The Taunton Academy, and meals for Oak House at Richard Huish College 7 days per week.

Contract value over the 2 of sites is circa 475 000 GBP per year: Richard Huish College 322 000 GBP and The Taunton Academy 157 000 GBP.

The tender will be managed on a group basis; however, the College and the Academy will require individual operational budgets and contracts, and may wish to appoint the supplier they would like for their particular site. As the contract will not therefore necessarily be awarded on a group basis, suppliers will have the option to show additional financial benefits on a separate upload if one or more site were to be awarded to one supplier.

The contract/s will be awarded for 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract/s.

Please note the site visits will be held on 16.4.2020 at the same time at each site. Suppliers are to arrive at the relevant site reception 15 minutes prior to breakfast and mid-morning break. Suppliers will leave site after mid-morning break and return 10 minutes prior to lunch service. With regard to Oak house this will be visited to view the evening meal.

Please note that no further unit site visits will be held after this date.

Each suppliers’ site visit attendees will need to be notified to Ruth Lile by 13.4.2020.

Suppliers’ sales and operations teams should be made fully aware of this requirement for them to have time to plan resources for these visits to be undertaken.

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: 01/08/2020

End: 31/07/2025

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:

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.

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

II.2.14) Additional information

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/FMEH33642H

Lot No: 2

II.2.1) Title

The Taunton Academy

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

55524000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKK23


Main site or place of performance:

Somerset

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Taunton Academy

The Taunton Academy is the first academy to join the Richard Huish Trust, part of the Richard Huish College — the Trust’s vision is to provide exceptional education and training, through the delivery of a holistic academic and vocational curriculum. This is delivered through the core values that shape the behaviour of all trust members.

The Taunton Academy is committed to providing a wide range of opportunities to ensure all students make the most of their learning and participate fully in academy and community life. We pride ourselves on being an extremely caring school. Our students feel safe, cared for and are aware of the help they can access when issues arise. We have an exceptional pastoral team who get to know students and their families. The academy has 3 core values: Aspiration, Integrity and Respect. These are at the centre of everything we do and are reinforced by the 3 academy rules of ready, respect and safe.

Our new buildings mean that students are able to study within state-of-the-art facilities. There is a wide choice of academic and vocational routes for students, taught by a dedicated and highly skilled teaching team with cutting edge information technology. The curriculum is designed so that all students have the opportunity to take part in enrichment and extra-curricular activities which develop their interests and aspirations. Students progress at a pace which encourages them to attain at the very highest level.

Whatever our students’ interests or aptitudes, we aim to provide an approach that deals with their needs on an individual basis. Our unique partnership with Richard Huish College allows us to provide exceptional progression opportunities for all our students and allows them to access opportunities to enhance their educational development.

We are committed to working with over 700 students, their families and the local community to ensure every child unlocks his or her full potential and achieves beyond what might be expected. Numbers will grow at this school due to the development of new houses in the area. There are around 120 teaching and support staff.

Catering requirements are for breakfast, mid-morning break and lunch and hospitality.

The contract/s covers the scope for the provision of all catering services on each site plus send-out meals to 2 local primary schools from The Taunton Academy, and meals for Oak House at Richard Huish College 7 days per week.

Contract value over the 2 of sites is circa 475 000 GBP per year: Richard Huish College 322 000 GBP and The Taunton Academy 157 000 GBP.

The tender will be managed on a group basis; however, the College and the Academy will require individual operational budgets and contracts, and may wish to appoint the supplier they would like for their particular site. As the contract will not therefore necessarily be awarded on a group basis, suppliers will have the option to show additional financial benefits on a separate upload if one or more site were to be awarded to one supplier.

The contract/s will be awarded for 3 years with a possible extension of 2 years by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract/s.

Please note the site visits will be held on 16.4.2020 at the same time at each site. Suppliers are to arrive at the relevant site reception 15 minutes prior to breakfast and mid-morning break. Suppliers will leave site after mid-morning break and return 10 minutes prior to lunch service. With regard to Oak house this will be visited to view the evening meal.

Please note that no further unit site visits will be held after this date.

Each suppliers’ site visit attendees will need to be notified to Ruth Lile by 13.4.2020.

Suppliers’ sales and operations teams should be made fully aware of this requirement for them to have time to plan resources for these visits to be undertaken.

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: 01/09/2020

End: 31/08/2025

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:

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.

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

II.2.14) Additional information

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Q55JMPTMVH

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: 10/04/2020

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.

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.

To view this notice, please click here:

https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=471561507

Go reference: GO-2020210-PRO-15965414

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Richard Huish Trust

Taunton

UK

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

10/02/2020

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
55524000 School catering services Catering services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Admin contact:
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Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
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