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Published 5 Sept 2022, 12:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Swale Academies Trust Secondary Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Swale Academies Trust (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 19 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The trust is putting out to tender the catering contract for 5 of their secondary schools with one further school joining the contract once their existing contract expires.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #18.1 Westlands SchoolCancelledRenewal

8.1 Westlands School

Pupils Number

Pupil Numbers:

Year 7 334

Year 8 326

Year 9 333

Year 10 312

Year 11 286

Sixth Form 184

Total 1,775

Pricings/Sales Price

Meal Deal 2.50 GBP

FSM Entitled: 348

Value: 2.50 GBP

Pupil Paid Meals Value: 2.50 GBP

Staff Duty Meal Amount paid each term by the school for SLT which is spent as cash which varies

Service Times

Breakfast: 07:45 – 08:25

Break: 10:25 – 10:50

Lunch: 12:40 – 13:15

Sixth Form: Same as above

Locked in policy for Years 7 to 11

8.2 The Sittingbourne School

Pupils Number

Pupil Numbers:

Year 7 299 - The intake for next year's Year 7's is the same, if not higher than the current Year 7's.

Year 8 268

Year 9 271

Year 10 270

Year 11 270

Sixth Form 177

Total 1,555

Pricings/Sales Price

Meal Deal 2.50 GBP

FSM Entitled: 521

Value: 2.50 GBP

Pupil Paid Meals Value: 2.50 GBP

Staff Duty Meal N/A

Staff Cash Meals 2.50 GBP plus VAT

Service Times

Breakfast: 08:00 – 08:30

Break: 10:20 – 10:50

Lunch: 12:50 – 13:20

Sixth Form: Same as above

Locked in policy for Years 7 to 11

8.3 Meopham School

Pupils Number

Pupil Numbers:

Year 7 202 - The new intake will be 200

Year 8 172

Year 9 171

Year 10 168

Year 11 167

Sixth Form 64

Total 944

Pricings/Sales Price

Meal Deal 2.50 GBP

FSM Entitled: 150

Value: 3.00 GBP

Pupil Paid Meals Value: 2.50 GBP

Staff Duty Meal Value: 3.00 GBP

Staff Cash Meals 2.50 GBP plus VAT

Service Times

Breakfast: 08:00 – 08:35

Break: 10:30 – 10:50

Lunch: 12:40 – 13:25

Sixth Form: Same as above

Locked in policy for Years 7 to 11

8.4 The Whitstable School

Pupils Number

Pupil Numbers:

Year 7 213

Year 8 231

Year 9 190

Year 10 149

Year 11 157

Sixth Form 90

Total 1,030

Pricings/Sales Price

Meal Deal 2.50 GBP

FSM Entitled: 206

Value: 2.50 GBP

Pupil Paid Meals Value: 2.50 GBP

Staff Duty Meal Value: 2.50 GBP

Staff Cash Meals 2.50 GBP plus VAT

Service Times

Breakfast: 08:00 – 08:25

Break: 10:20 – 10:35

Lunch: 12:25 – 13:00

Sixth Form: Same as above

Locked in policy for Years 7 to 11

Please Note

The Whitstable School is looking into putting a grab and go counter in the school to ease with lunchtime queues

8.5 The Eastbourne Academy

Pupils Number

Pupil Numbers:

Year 7 178

Year 8 174

Year 9 162

Year 10 179

Year 11 157

Sixth Form N/A

Total 850

Pricings/Sales Price

Meal Deal 2.20 GBP for main and dessert

FSM Entitled: 324

Value: 2.20 GBP will be 2.30 GBP for 2022/23

Pupil Paid Meals Value: 1.60 GBP (main meal) will be 1.70 for 2022/23

Staff Duty Meal N/A

Staff Cash Meals N/A

Service Times

Breakfast: 08:00 – 08:30

Break: 10:20 – 10:50

Lunch: 12:40 – 13:10

Locked in policy for Years 7 to 11

8.6 The Turning School

This school is not part of this tender but will be added to the contract when the existing contract expires.

Delivery: South East · Swale Academies Trust, Ashdown House, Johnson Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 1JS
Extensions: Renewal possible after three years subject to satisfactory performance.Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • as per procurement documents: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • as per procurement documents: 100
  • Price: 0

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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
5 Sept 2022, 12:10 BST
Last source update
5 Sept 2022, 15:27 BST
Authority reference
RM&C/2022/SAT Sec/372
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-024835
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0365cc Find a Tender

Publisher note: (MT Ref:227291)

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

5 Sept 2022 → 4 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    5 Sept 2022, 15:27 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    4 Nov 2022

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    5 Sept 2022, 15:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Swale Academies Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Ashdown House, Johnson Road, Sittingbourne, Kent, South East, ME10 1JSContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone
  • RM&C Consultants LtdMediation body South Stoke, ReadingContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.