CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions National or federal agency/Office Regional or local Authority Regional or local Agency/Office Body governed by public law European Institution/Agency or International Organisation

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

Provision of School Catering Services.

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

Hove Park School, Hove, East Sussex, United Kingdom.

II.1.3)

This notice involves a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at Hove Park School. The School has two sites, Upper and Lower schools, both with their own separate catering facilities. Below is an extract from the School's prospectus.

Hove Park is a happy and vibrant school, a school where children and children's achievement come first.

At Hove Park, we are absolutely committed to ensuring that our young people achieve well in terms of their Academic Performance. That is why for two of the last three years we have been in the top 1 % most improved schools nationally and why we have had five years of consecutive and substantive improvements in exam results. This year it meant that we had better progress for all students across the board- in fact more students have advanced further in their learning during their time at HPS than ever before! Our overall attainment has also improved, which means that this year, more students have got better grades in more subjects.

The gap between the achievement of vulnerable students and other students has also continued to narrow, partly because of our innovative use of technology to support learning.

At Hove Park we are especially passionate about teaching. We recognise that the quality of any school system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers and that is why we place such an emphasis on the craft of teaching. We are really proud of our teachers and our wider workforce, which are both of the highest calibre and are fully committed to the same agenda of raising standards for all of our students.

Our OFSTED from 2013 highlighted the rapid transformation, visionary leadership and increasingly outstanding quality of teaching in the school, as well as praising the school for its unrelenting focus on raising standards for all students.

It is fair to say however, that we have not rested on our laurels. This last year has seen the school take a leading role nationally and internationally in the use of iPads for all students on a one-to-one basis. This has led to a radical transformation in the quality of and access to learning styles and pedagogies that are secured by outstanding access to digital learning. It has also led to a substantial narrowing of the gap in the academic outcomes between different socio-economic groups of students. It is this approach that really does enable us to deliver a world class education for all of our children.

At the same time we have enriched our curriculum to provide a much greater diversity in terms of creative learning. For example our Year 7 Art and Technology teaching now allows for a whole day of Creative Education and ‘Making’. It is no longer chunked into small parts with students having to pack up at the end of an hour and start again in a week's time! We also have five full-time Drama Teachers — an indication of the value we place on empowering our students with an all-round education that is as rich in creative input as it is focused on core literacy and numeracy skills.

At the other end of our curriculum offer, our sixth form provision has gone from strength to strength. We have had another very successful record set of A-Level results and the number of students joining the sixth form this year has doubled on the same time last year. A real indication that the quality on offer is continuing to improve and engage students' interest.

This year we are also working in very close partnership with one of our feeder schools, West Blatchington Primary, to provide a strong basis for an all-through education. We are supporting them in their journey to becoming a ‘good’ school in their next OFSTED and the cross-phase work that we are engaged in is proving to be of real benefit to both schools.

The contract being offered commences on 1.8.2015 for a period of 5 years.

II.1.5)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.6)

Contract covered by the government procurement agreement (GPA)

II.2)

Total final value of the contract(s)

II.2.1)

Total final value of the contract(s)

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of procedure

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

IV.2)

Award criteria

IV.2.1)

Award criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction has been used

IV.3)

Administrative information

IV.3.1)

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Other previous publications

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No:

V.1)

Date of contract award:

V.2)

Numbers of offers received:

V.3)

Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been awarded

V.4)

Information on value of contract

V.5)

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the value/proportion of the contract to be subcontracted

Section VI: Complementary Information

VI.1)

Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by community funds?

VI.2)

Additional Information

VI.3)

Procedures for appeal

VI.3.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.3.2)

Lodging of appeals

VI.3.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.4)

Dispatch date of this Notice