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Published 6 Feb 2024, 14:58 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Aspire Learning Partnership - Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Aspire Learning Partnership (Public body)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£2,550,000exc. VAT2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Mar 2024awarded 11 Jul 2024
Awarded to Innovate Services

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Aspire Learning Partnership in Leicester consisting of 2 large secondary schools - catering tender

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Aspire Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools in Leicester formed in June 2023AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,550,000

Aspire Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools in Leicester formed in June 2023. The two large secondary schools with over 3,000 pupils serve unique communities, are individual in their approaches, and this is to be valued, celebrated and retained. The Trust is tendering catering services for both schools with a contract start date of mid August 2024.

Indicative Timetable

Submission of completed SQs 14th March 2024

Notification of result of evaluation 25th March 2024

Publish Invitation to Tender 25th March 2024

Site Visit 11th April 2024

Deadline for tender submissions 7th May 2024

Contract Start Date 22nd August 2024

In order to ensure competition, transparency and value for money, this procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Light Touch regime (LTR)

Delivery: East Midlands · Soar Valley College The City of Leicester College
Extensions: Up to a further two yearsSecond 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Feb 2024, 14:58 GMT
Last source update
15 Jul 2024, 11:09 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021615
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04379b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
14 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline

Timeline

14 Mar 2024 → 15 Jul 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    25 Mar 2024
  3. Notice published
    15 Jul 2024, 11:09 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Jul 2024, 11:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Innovate Services£2,500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 021615-2024-1 · Innovate Services

    Signed
    11 Jul 2024
    Value
    £2,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Aspire Learning Partnership

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 11428646 -, Leicester, East Midlands, -Contact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review BodyReview body London
  • Public Procurment OfficeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.