West Park School ~ Catering services tender

Concepts

• school catering
• west park school
• derbyshire
• catering contract
• catering contractor
• free school meals
• uptake of the catering service
• annual catering revenue
• school
• secondary school sector

Location

Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for West Park School.

Total Quantity or Scope

The percentage of our pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is: 13.68% of the total number on roll of1454 pupils. 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. West Park School catering aims: •To ensure that the whole school community understands the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet in promoting health and wellbeing. •To offer pupils and staff a range of value for money options, suitable for all customer’s budgets to maximise uptake of the catering service. •To stimulate pupil interest in the service through promotions, variety, new foods and links between to the curriculum. The School has had the same catering contractor for a significant number of years and this is the first time the contract has been placed at competitive tender for over 5 years. Annual catering revenue for the year ending 31 July 2019 was £347,546. (Last full year trading pre-Covid) The successful contractor is expected to have a local operational presence, as specialist caterers in the Secondary School 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. 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. 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. The successful contractor will work closely with the School to manage the provision of catering and the overall ‘meal experience’.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 55524000 - School catering services

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. To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=714732316 GO Reference: GO-2022923-PRO-21012318