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Published 17 Mar 2023, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy ~ Catering Services Tender

Official notice

Authority: St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,165,000≈ £233k / year
Submissions closed 28 Apr 2023
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2028 · starts 1 Sept 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for St Anne’s RC Voluntary Academy at the following location;

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy.

Please note this Tender is being run on an Open Process, meaning that the SQ and Tender stages are running at the same time. Please submit your SQ and Tender response by midday on 28th April.

Please see below access links:

To respond to the SQ stage, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/JMKJ247P35 ↗

To respond to the Tender stage, please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/VSSGX75764 ↗

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Contract Term = 3 years with two optional one year extensions 5 yrsPublished value£1,165,000

Contract Term = 3 years with two optional one year extensions

Value of Contract is Estimated to be £1,165,000 over the potential 5 year term of the contract.

St Anne’s RC Voluntary Academy is a co-educational Roman Catholic Secondary School located in Stockport. The School formally academised in 2020, joining the Emmaus Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. The Academy has gone through a reform in the past 18 months, with a change in its senior management team to deliver excellence in education.

The current catering contract comes to a natural end on 31st August 2023m with the client wishing to appoint a suitably qualified caterer to deliver services from 1st September 2023. There are 600 pupils on roll, with a capacity for 750 pupils which the school aims to fill within the next 5 years. There are 60 staff. In tendering the catering contract the client recognises the importance of food in helping in the education of their pupils and requires the appointed contractor to provide a good choice of meals, including healthy options at an affordable price.

The client is also keen to reduce the environmental impact of their catering service where possible.

Please see SQ document for further information. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: litmustms.co.uk/respond/JMKJ247P35 ↗

Contract period: 1 Sept 2023 – 31 Aug 2028 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Greater Manchester
Variant bids: 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Mar 2023, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
17 Mar 2023, 16:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 May 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007892
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b407 Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Stockport:-School-catering-services./JMKJ247P35" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Stockport:-School-catering-services./JMKJ247P35</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/JMKJ247P35" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/JMKJ247P35</a> GO Reference: GO-2023317-PRO-22344758

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
28 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Mar 2023 → 1 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    17 Mar 2023, 16:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    1 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Anne's RC Voluntary Academy

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Glenfield Road, Heaton Chapel, Stockport, North West, SK4 2QPContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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