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OCID:
Published by:: Chepstow School
Authority ID:: AA81465
Publication date:: 27 October 2021
Deadline date:: 10 December 2021
Notice type:: Contract Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1 August 2022 and concluding on 31 July 2025 and will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return to Chepstow School. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term excluding the right to further extend. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature.

The contract currently offers a zero-cost option to Chepstow School with all hospitality and free issues being charged at net food cost only, this is approx. £20k per annum.

It is expected that the successful contractor will have experience in the requirements of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards & Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2014 ~ http://gov.wales/topics/educationandskills/schoolshome/foodanddrink/healthy-eating/?lang=en ~ and be able to offer innovation and forward thinking during this contract term.

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations within the School.

Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term.

These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils’ moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise the local supply chain and farming” belt” in Monmouthshire and Wales to source all fresh produce, namely being:

Bakery Products

Meat

Fruit and Vegetables

Dairy Products

As you can appreciate, working with the local community is something that the School strives to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from Welsh local suppliers (within a 20-mile radius of the School):

Chepstow School also seeks to ensure that the catering operation will have the following objectives from 1 August 2022:

1.The provision of a healthy balanced menu that meets nutritional guidelines and is enjoyed by our students

2.Better value for money to be provided to the School ensuring that the students are consistently provided with a quality meal with reasonable portion sizes

3.A series of theme days are organised and run throughout the year with an exciting and robust marketing plan.

4.The successful contractor’s management team show a real interest in the School and its students moving into this contract term

5.Clear and transparent accounting

The successful contractor is expected to maximise the use of all catering facilities through the adoption and employment of effective marketing policies and techniques. It will be the responsibility of the Contractor to develop specific marketing proposals to encourage a healthy approach to eating all signage, labels and menus should be bi-lingual in nature at all times.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

Chepstow School

Welsh Street

Chepstow

NP16 5LR

Telephone: +44 1276673880

E-mail: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk

NUTS: UKL21

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://www.chepstowschool.net/

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-Chepstow:-School-catering-services./C95RD6EM36

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

Chepstow 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 all catering services for Chepstow School.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 120 000.00 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:

UKL21

Main site or place of performance:

Monmouthshire and Newport

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

The contract currently offers a zero-cost option to Chepstow School with all hospitality and free issues being charged at net food cost only, this is approx. £20k per annum.

Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term.

Bakery Products

Meat

Fruit and Vegetables

Dairy Products

Chepstow School also seeks to ensure that the catering operation will have the following objectives from 1 August 2022:

1.The provision of a healthy balanced menu that meets nutritional guidelines and is enjoyed by our students

2.Better value for money to be provided to the School ensuring that the students are consistently provided with a quality meal with reasonable portion sizes

3.A series of theme days are organised and run throughout the year with an exciting and robust marketing plan.

4.The successful contractor’s management team show a real interest in the School and its students moving into this contract term

5.Clear and transparent accounting

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: 120 000.00 GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/08/2022

End: 31/07/2028

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

II.2.14) Additional information

To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/C95RD6EM36

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: 10/12/2021

Local time: 12:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 24/01/2022

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

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.

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