UK-Gloucestershire: School catering services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence
Two Hedges Road, Bishops Cleeve, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 8AE, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1276673880, Email: tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
Main Address: https://www.cleeveschool.net/
NUTS Code: UKK13

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Education

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence ~ Catering tender
Reference number: Not Provided

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
55524000 - School catering services.


II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.1.4) Short description: The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 900,000

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKK13 - Gloucestershire

Main site or place of performance:
Gloucestershire


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: Cleeve School offers consistently outstanding teaching and an innovative and highly personalised curriculum, where literacy and numeracy skills are secured as firm bedrocks. We aspire to be exceptional on everything we do and we achieve this by collaborating, both in terms of teams within the School and also in terms of organisations and ‘best practise’ elsewhere.

The School provides a safe and stimulating environment, where mutual respect threads through the celebrated ethos of care, support and guidance. In preparing students for the world beyond school, we firmly believe in high standards of dress and attitude, so that good manners, tolerance and understanding underpin everything we do. Tradition is important ~ and we hold on to our traditions and high expectations, whilst also thoroughly embracing innovation and a 21st century approach to learning.

The School has a well-defined vision for the period of this catering contract: ‘Our Students and staff see our catering as first rate and as a key part of the day’s offer’ https://www.cleeveschool.net/3-5-Year-Strategy-2022/doc/index.html

There are currently 1570 pupils and 190 staff, this number has increased in recent years due to housing developments in the local area. In recent years the School has made significant investments to increase the size of the well equipped kitchen and upgrade dining room furniture. A second satellite Bistro kitchen and indoor dining area has been developed, there are two outdoor pods. The Sixth Form Centre of Excellence also have their own dedicated and separate satellite kitchen and indoor seating areas.

The catering contract being offered will commence on 1 August 2022 for an initial period of three years, concluding on 31 July 2025, and will be offered on a guaranteed performance basis, with a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days. Annual spend is circa £300K.
The successful contractor is expected to have a good local operational presence, as specialist caterers in the secondary school and/or FE sector.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of catering services within the School, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free school meals and hospitality will be charged at cost price, based on consumption. Meal Deal Tariff is currently £2.40 and FSM is at a cost of £1.30. The School expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, prepared on-site.

See SQ Document for further details.

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Not Provided

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Restricted


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No
A dynamic purchasing system was set up: No

IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-023872



IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: Not Provided
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 07/04/2022

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Innovate Services Ltd, 06420662
St Andrews House, West Street, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6EB, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UKJ2
The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 900,000
Total value of the contract/lot: 1,328,761
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: 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.
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VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
Cleeve School & Sixth Form Centre of Excellence
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 22/04/2022