Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Weston College
Knightstone Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 2AL
UK
Telephone: +44 1276-673880
E-mail: pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk
NUTS: UKK12
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.weston.ac.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/weston_college
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
Weston College ~ Tender for Catering Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
55523000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Weston College is regarded as one of the top FE colleges in the UK and won both “College of the Year” and “Overall Further Education Provider of the Year” at the 2015 Times Educational Supplement Further Education Awards. It also holds the Queens Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education with a growing portfolio of courses.
Weston College is an Ofsted outstanding college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare. It provides education and vocational training to nearly 30 000 learners across the country.
The college puts the learner first, and is entrepreneurial in its approach and innovative in its thinking. The college is ambitious and aspirational and is responsive to the needs of students, staff, businesses and the community.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 800 000.00
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:
UKK12
Main site or place of performance:
Weston College
Weston-super-Mare
North Somerset
United Kingdom
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Weston College at the following locations:
— Knightstone Road Campus,
— Loxton Campus,
— South West Skills Campus.
Within these campuses there are a range of refectories, braded coffee outlets and also a retail unit.
The contract will commence on 1.4.2019 for a term of 3 years plus 3 years.
The contract currently operates at a return to the Client each year when taking into account all VAT liabilities etc and all FSMs and hospitality supplied to the college at cost.
It is expected that the successful Supplier will also be able demonstrate its entrepreneurial approach and how it is innovative in its thinking within the tender submission.
The contract will be operated on a guaranteed performance basis with all free issues and hospitality being recharged to the college at net cost only moving into this contract term.
It is expected that the successful Supplier will work very closely with the Client and engage with students and staff alike across all 3 campuses moving forwards into this contract term.
The Client wishes for the successful Supplier to be able to offer innovation and flair in the provision of the catering services across all 3 campuses and is happy to support some changes to the service provision within the college during the course of the new contract term. This will include ideas and innovation and how the catering service can meet the needs of the students and staff within the college.
Any inward investment should be detailed within the tender submission and also what impact this will have on the catering facilities within the college and the benefit this will bring to the catering provision.
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:
2 800 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/04/2019
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:
17/12/2018
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
21/12/2018
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: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/weston_college
The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 17.12.2018 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Ltd, 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 Ltd, 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
Weston College
Weston-super-Mare
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/11/2018