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Published 2 Sept 2021, 17:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BC-10716 St Francis Catholic Primary School Catering

Official notice

Authority: St Francis RC Primary School (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£650,000exc. VAT6.3% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Oct 2021awarded 10 Nov 2021
Awarded to LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

St Francis Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Peckham, London, with approximately 420 pupils. The proposed contract will be for the outsourced provision of catering services to the Client. It is the Client’s expectation that the Successful Bidder shall be responsible for the operation of the catering function including employment and management of staff, supply of foodstuffs, consumables and light equipment and preparing and serving appropriate meals. The Client will retain responsibility for payment of utilities and the operation and maintenance of core catering equipment and facilities.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The proposed contract will be for the outsourced provision of catering services to the…AwardedPublished value£650,000

The proposed contract will be for the outsourced provision of catering services to the Client. It is the Client’s expectation that the Successful Bidder shall be responsible for the operation of the catering function including employment and management of staff, supply of foodstuffs, consumables and light equipment and preparing and serving appropriate meals. The Client will retain responsibility for payment of utilities and the operation and maintenance of core catering equipment and facilities. The Successful bidder will provide a range of good quality, nutritious, attractively presented meals for pupils and staff, that comply with Government’s minimum nutritional and food based standards for the educational sector. Meals should reflect growth in healthy eating trends, promote uptake, and comply with the current and any new Ofsted guidance for catering.

Delivery: London
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 65%Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 65
  • Price: 35
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per the tendering documentation

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Sept 2021, 17:03 BST
Last source update
26 Jul 2022, 12:13 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
BC-10716
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020294
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dc80 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
13 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Oct 2021, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Oct 2021 → 26 Jul 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Oct 2021, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Jul 2022, 12:13 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Jul 2022, 12:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £691,1131 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD£691,113 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • BC-10716 St Francis Catholic Primary School Catering · LUNCHTIME COMPANY LTD

    Signed
    10 Nov 2021
    Value
    £691,113
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Francis RC Primary School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Friary Road, , Peckham, London, SE15 1RQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Lunchtime CompanyAwarded supplier3452446 10 Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, East of England, CN5 8UU

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria