Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Burdett-Coutts and Townshend Foundation CE Primary School
Rochester Street
London
SW1P 2QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://burdettcoutts.co.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St Barnabas CofE Primary
St Barnabas Street
London
SW1W 8PF
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.stbarnabasprimary.org.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St Clement Danes CE Primary School
Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5SU
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.st-clementdanes.westminster.sch.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St Gabriel’s CofE Primary School
Churchill Gardens
London
SW1V 3AG
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://stgabrielsprimary.co.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St George’s Hanover Square CofE Primary School
South Street
London
W1K 2XH
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.sghsprimary.co.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
Tachbrook Nursery School
Cockburn House, Aylesford Street
London
SW1V 3RT
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.tachbrooknurseryschool.co.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St Matthew’s CE Primary School
18 Old Pye Street
London
SW1P 2DG
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.stmwschool.org.uk/
I.1) Name and addresses
St Vincent de Paul RC School
Morpeth Terrace
London
SW1P 1EP
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.svpcatholicprimary.org/
I.1) Name and addresses
Westminster Cathedral RC School
Bessborough Place
London
SW1V 3SE
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.westminstercathedralprimary.org.uk/
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/westminster9/
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
Westminster Primary Schools (Cluster 9) — Tender for Catering Services
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 to 9 primary/nursery schools based in the London borough of Westminster (see Section I: Contracting authority).
Collectively, the 9 primary schools with approximately 1 600 pupils have all formed a cluster (namely cluster 9) for the purposes of conducting a tender exercise that will extract them from the existing council group contract.
Further details on each participating school can be found their corresponding dedicated website.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 625 000.00
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:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
See Section I: Contracting authority.
London, UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Basis of Contract.
The Cluster of 9 schools wishes to participate in a tender process with the intention of appointing a supplier to deliver full catering services. The contract is estimated to commence in April 2020 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 either on a group or individual “fully inclusive fixed meal price” basis.
The estimated turnover to be 1 575 000 GBP (over 3 years for the initial period).
Objectives:
The appointed supplier will have significant experience of delivering quality catering services within primary and nursery schools and should have suitable experience and expertise of successfully increasing pupil meal uptake. With the experience of successfully managing the TUPE process, the supplier should ideally have a strong operational base in London, together with a compelling attitude towards making the lunchtime service appealing, healthy and educational for children.
Ultimately, it is important that the supplier can demonstrate a proven ability to manage an efficient catering service through the application of effective staff training, best practice and quality control that delivers continual “best value” to each participating school.
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:
2 625 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2020
End:
31/03/2025
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:
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:
19/04/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
14/06/2019
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
Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract/notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.
The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/westminster9/
The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 19.4.2019 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.
Documents in respect of economic/financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.
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.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Westminster Primary Schools (cluster 9)
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
14/03/2019