Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
Crownhill Road, Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP
UK
Telephone: +44 1276673880
E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.stclaudines.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/E944K7T3T2
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
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls ~ Catering 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 full catering services at St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls at:
Crownhill Road
Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 083 333.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
LONDON
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide full catering services at St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls at:
Crownhill Road
Harlesden
London
NW10 4EP.
With approximately 900 pupils and growing, St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls is a secondary school with an active sixth form. The school became an academy in September 2012 and has enjoyed over 25 years as a specialist in modern languages and was one of the first schools to achieve specialist status
St Claudine’s Catholic School for Girls is part of the diocese of Westminster Academy Trust. The last OFSTED inspection was judged as ‘good’.
School website: https://www.stclaudines.co.uk/
Basis of Contract
The Client wishes to participate in a tender process with the intention of appointing a quality catering company to deliver full catering services. The contract will commence from September 2022 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend up to a maximum of 5 years.
In order to deliver best value, the contract will be awarded on a ‘Cost-Plus’ with fixed guaranteed lines on food and labour costs.
The revenue is estimated to be £650,000 (over 3 years).
Objectives
The appointed Supplier will have significant experience of delivering quality catering services within secondary schools and should have suitable experience and expertise of successfully increasing pupil meal uptake and lunchtime sales growth. With all catering paid the London Living Wage the Supplier will ideally have a strong operational base in London with proven ability to manage an efficient catering service that delivers sustainable ‘best value’ to the school.
See SQ Document for further details.
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:
1 083 333.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/09/2022
End:
31/08/2027
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:
A 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
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:
25/03/2022
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
25/04/2022
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-London:-School-catering-services./E944K7T3T2
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/E944K7T3T2
GO Reference: GO-2022216-PRO-19661583
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
St Claudine's Catholic School for Girls
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
16/02/2022