Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Tewkesbury School
Ashchurch Road
Tewkesbury
GL20 8DF
UK
Telephone: +44 1276673880
E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKK13
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.tewkesburyschool.org/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Tewkesbury:-School-catering-services./UVVBMS6BTK
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
Tewkesbury School — 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 catering services for Tewkesbury School (the Client).
The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering and vending services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
100 000.00
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:
UKK13
Main site or place of performance:
Gloucestershire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services for Tewkesbury School (the Client).
The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering and vending services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.
The current contract offers a return to the client and all free school meals and hospitality are recharged at net food cost.
The duration of the contract being offered is 5 years commencing on 1 April 2021 and concluding on 31 March 2026, with the potential for an extension of up to a further 3 years and will be on a guaranteed performance basis.
It is expected that the successful supplier will work very closely with the client and engage with the school curriculum moving forwards into this contract term.
The client wishes for the successful supplier to be able to offer innovation and to make some changes to the service provision within the school during the course of the new contract term.
This will involve helping the client on the redesign of the current catering facilities with the objective of ensuring that the catering service, this will include ideas on how the catering service can be more accessible to all students
There are currently a number of catering outlets within the school, details of which will be provided within the tender specification.
Inward investment is sought as part of your tender return to be depreciated over the contract term which will be used in the redevelopment of the catering facilities. This should be detailed within the tender submission.
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:
01/04/2021
End:
31/03/2029
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
II.2.14) Additional information
To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Tewkesbury:-School-catering-services./UVVBMS6BTK
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:
28/08/2020
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
28/09/2020
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Tewkesbury:-School-catering-services./44F98WJ647
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/44F98WJ647
GO Reference: GO-202077-PRO-16798307
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Tewkesbury School
Ashchurch Road
Tewkesbury
GL20 8DF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/07/2020