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Published 21 Oct 2021, 12:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BC-10719 Ringwood School Academy Catering

Official notice

Authority: Ringwood School Academy (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,700,000exc. VAT50% above published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Nov 2021awarded 15 Mar 2022
Awarded to Aspens Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Ringwood School Academy is an 11-18 secondary school in Ringwood, Hampshire, with a capacity of approximately 1540 pupils. The proposed contract will be for the outsourced provision of catering services to the Client. It is the Client’s expectation that the Successful Bidder shall be responsible for the operation of the catering function including employment and management of staff, supply of foodstuffs, consumables and light equipment and preparing and serving appropriate meals. The Client will retain responsibility for payment of utilities and the operation and maintenance of core catering equipment and facilities. The School currently receives its catering provision from an outsourced provider.The Contract period will be for 3 years initially with the option to extend for two further one year periods.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,700,000
Delivery: South East
Second stage: 5–8 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: 65%Price: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 65
  • Price: 35
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per the tendering documentation

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Oct 2021, 12:48 BST
Last source update
27 Jul 2022, 15:39 BST
Authority reference
BC-10719
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020508
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ee81 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Nov 2021 → 27 Jul 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    27 Jul 2022, 15:39 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    27 Jul 2022, 15:39 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,550,5821 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aspens Services Limited£2,550,582 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ringwood School Academy

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 07552519 Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, South East, BH24 1SEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Aspens Services Ltd Awarded supplier06561073 Teme House, Whittington, Worcester, West Midlands, WR5 2RY

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria