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Published 2 Oct 2024, 10:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Invitation to Tender for the Catering Services at Park Lane Special School

Official notice

Authority: Park Lane Special School (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 1 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Park Lane Special School has decided to tender their catering services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered through this process

The contract will be awarded for a three-year duration with the option of two additional, one-year extensions.

The financial structure of the contract is designed to reflect the Schools' aims to reward the Contractor in a fair manner and based upon contract delivery and to have an open-book agreement that is easily auditable.

Further details about the School are given later in the document under 'The School' section.

Tender Schedule:

Issue of Invitation to Tender - Tuesday 1st October 2024

Bidding Companies to Visit Sites - Tuesday 15th October 2024

Clarification Deadline Monday - 21st October 2024 - 12:00pm

Clarification Return Deadline * - Thursday 24th October 2024

Deadline for return of Tender Responses - Friday 1st November 2024

Evaluation of Responses - Red Box - W/C Monday 4th November 2024

Presentation by shortlisted bidders - Thursday 28th November 2024

Reference site visits - W/C Monday 2nd December 2024

Contract Awarded by - Monday 9th December 2024

Mobilisation Meeting - Thursday 16th January 2025

Contract Commencement - Monday 24th February 2025

Please direct all tender queries to: -

Consultant Contacts:

Dean Douthwaite

Tel: 07814 138157

dd@redboxcs.com or admin@redboxcs.com

CPV: School catering services · School meals

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Park Lane Special School site visits to be attended Tuesday 15th October 2024

Park Lane Special School site visits to be attended Tuesday 15th October 2024.

Park Lane Special School wish to be at the forefront of school catering and as such require a modern, branded offer that reflects the leading trends in the industry.

At this time, the Schools' wish is to commence a catering contract, with a partner who shares their vision for a customer-focused service that attracts the maximum number of students.

The meals that are to be provided must be appealing to customers, imaginative, provide good value for money and be nutritionally balanced to encourage all students to make an educated choice.

The Schools' objectives for the new contract are as follows: -

  • A catering service that is well managed and requires minimal involvement from the Schools' management team.
  • A strong Contractor Area Manager who will develop and lead the team to deliver exceptional customer service, a consistently high-quality food offer and spend a substantial amount of time on site at the outset to undertake this.
  • A Contractor who is proactive in their relationship management with the School'.
  • Investment in the Schools' Catering service through increased marketing in return for a tenure of contract.
  • A higher number of students and staff using the facilities by providing a high quality, affordable and nutritious meal.
  • A catering service that encourages students to take a heathy and balanced meal.
  • Food and drinks that look appetising and are attractively presented.
  • A hospitality service that will help showcase the School' through events to parents and visitors.
  • A Contractor that adopts a flexible and proactive approach to all School' activities.
  • A service that is professionally merchandised and marketed with discretion and to the mutual benefit of the School' and the Contractor.
  • A Contractor that operates using the optimum level of staffing.
Delivery: North West · Park Lane Special School: Park Lane School, Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 8JR School type: 2-19 Provision, Contact Number: 01625 801964
Extensions: Initial 3 year contract, year 4 and 5 are optional extensions.Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Oct 2024, 10:34 BST
Last source update
2 Oct 2024, 10:34 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Nov 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-031494
Classification (CPV)
School catering servicesSchool meals
Delivery area
North West (UKD6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a4eb Find a Tender

Publisher note: Please request tender documents from admin@redboxcs.com

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
1 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
4 Nov 2024, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Oct 2024 → 4 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    2 Oct 2024, 10:34 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    4 Nov 2024, 09:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Park Lane Special School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-UKPRN: 10016466 Park Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, North West, SK11 8JRContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Red Box Consultancy Services LtdReview body HarrogateContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.