Gloucestershire Learning Alliance ~ Catering Tender

The successful tenderer will be required to provide all catering services within the Trust, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

The Gloucestershire Learning Alliance is an established Multi Academy Trust (MAT) which includes currently the following academies where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification from the contract commencement. The schools which currently form the Trust are:

•Springbank Primary Academy.

•Rowanfield Junior School.

•Bishops Cleeve Primary Academy.

•Longford Park Primary Academy.

•Rowanfield Infant School.

•Badsey First School.

•Tredington Community Primary School

•Great Oldbury School

The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 August 2022 until 31 July 2025, with the option to extend for a further term excluding the right to further extend. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature.

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 Trust. 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 across all Schools.

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 Gloucestershire to source all fresh produce, namely being:

Bakery Products

Meat

Fruit and Vegetables

Dairy Products

The contract will operate on guaranteed cost per year with all universal free school meals, free school meals and hospitality being charged based on consumption and at net food cost.

The approximate cost of the contract per annum is £300,00.00 plus VAT

The Multi Academy Trust is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide this service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for the Gloucestershire Learning Alliance at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT.

A new school is opening that is being currently built in Bishop’s Cleeve and is a three form entry and will open in September 2023, the successful contractor will provide the catering service at Greenacres within the scope of this catering contract.

Please note: Further schools may be added to the contract during the tender process and during the life of the contract as detailed above. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/R29BX53X7G ↗