Carterton Community College ~ Catering tender

Concepts

• school catering
• carterton community college
• oxfordshire
• carterton
• provision of catering services
• town of carterton
• secondary school
• sovereignty of the cash tariff
• guaranteed performance contract
• school year

Location

Oxfordshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Carterton Community College.

Total Quantity or Scope

Carterton Community College is a Secondary School in Carterton, West Oxfordshire, which was founded in 1972. It is celebrating its 50th birthday this year. It is a small Secondary with Sixth Form serving the town of Carterton and rural areas of West Oxfordshire. Carterton is the home of RAF Brize Norton, the largest of the RAF’s stations. The school has a significant number of children from Service families. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 600 students on roll and 70 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements. The School would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly with a focus on improving uptake and Sixth Form provision. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from September 2022 to August 2025 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the school a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of catering services. Sovereignty of the cash tariff is to remain with Carterton Community College for the duration of this contract. The School year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that School will be open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days. There is also scope to cater for Summer or Winter Schools as may be on offer from the DfE. The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the School, which currently includes morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free School meals and hospitality will be charged based on consumption and at net food cost. Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price. See SQ Document for further information.

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-Oxfordshire:-School-catering-services./KP9... To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/KP95HNVF8X GO Reference: GO-202227-PRO-19608217