Paganel Primary School ~ Catering Tender

Concepts

• school catering
• paganel primary school
• birmingham
• whole school target
• catering service
• universal free school meals
• school invites bidders
• school
• school’s strategic objective
• school meal

Location

Birmingham

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Paganel Primary School.

Total Quantity or Scope

Paganel Primary School is situated in Selly Oak, South Birmingham, and currently has 338 children on roll. Our whole school target is: ‘The Pursuit of Greatness’ this is underpinned by the core values of Respect, Enquire and Persevere The contract will commence on 1 August 2022 for an initial period of three years, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of two years at the discretion of the governing body. This is the first time the market has been tested for the catering service. The School expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, with fresh, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients being prepared on-site. The School expects the successful contractor to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its stated target. The School requires Year one Menus to be fully compliant with the Food for Life Silver standard, moving to Gold standard in Year two of the contract onwards. The contract covers the scope for the provision of catering services within the School, which currently, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. 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. The School intends to focus heavily on healthy, fresh, seasonal, locally sourced produce and sees the catering service as an exciting opportunity to complement the overall student experience, through the regular introduction of new ingredients, themed and promotional events. The successful contractor will be required to play their part in acting as a catalyst for improvement of the pupil experience. Approximately 27% of the current pupil roll are Muslims, though at present there are no plans for a specific Halal catering provision. The successful contractor will work closely with the School to manage the provision of catering and the overall ‘meal experience. Contractor’s thoughts regarding how to support the School’s strategic objective of being ‘cashless’ within the term of the initial contract are welcome. The School invites bidders to consider offers of Capital Investment. Currently Years 3-6 are charged £2.30 a day for a school meal. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are eligible for Universal Free School Meals, at no cost to the parents/carers The contract includes a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days. Annual catering revenue for the year ending 31st March 2021 was £93,071 See SQ Document for further details.

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

Indicators

• Variant bids may be considered.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** 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: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Birmingham:-School-catering-services./TB9K... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/TB9K8X8NY4 GO Reference: GO-2021113-PRO-19181337