Broadway Academy ~ Catering Tender

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at Broadway Academy. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the Academy, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements. The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st August 2025 and concluding on 31st July 2028, with the potential for an extension of up to a further three years. The contract being offered within this tender will be based on a guaranteed performance basis with all free issue requirements and hospitality being recharged on consumption at “net” food cost only. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the Academy. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across all service points. Regular customer and parental engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. The current service provision includes mid-morning break and lunch service utilising various service points, and it is hoped that a provision will be made for serving n for magic breakfast will be in place during November 2024 – this being charged on consumption at “net” food cost only. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupil’s moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise a truly local supply chain within Birmingham to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat ~ HMC Halal Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products The approximate contract cost per annum is £140,000.00 plus VAT. The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor’s organisation, thus working to deliver the Academies environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of Academy. The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is always complete, and staff turnover is kept to a minimum. See SQ document for more information.