Official UK procurement notice
Catering Tender - 8 Schools - Education For The 21st Century
Authority: Education for the 21st Century
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCatering tender for eight schools:
1 x infant school
3 x primary schools
4 x senior schools
TUPE will apply including LGPS pensions.
Objectives are clearly defined within the ITT but suffice to say the No1 objective will be around the excellence of the catering service rather than factors such as contractor investment.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Tender for the provision of catering servicesAwardedRenewal
Tender for the provision of catering services.
6 of the schools are currently operated on an in-house basis.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Staffing: 30%
- Customer Care: 15%
- Service Delivery: 25%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Staffing: 30%
- Customer Care: 15%
- Service Delivery: 25%
- Price: 30%
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open 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
- 3 Feb 2021, 13:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2021, 10:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Feb 2021 – …
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-014498- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028fc9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Details of the 8 schools: Coopers School - Chislehurst Eden Park High School - Beckenham Spires Academy - Canterbury The Ravensbourne School - Bromley Blenheim Primary School - Orpington Mead Road Infant School - Chislehurst Mottingham Primary School - London SE9 Scotts Park Primary School - Bromley The contract start date will be the 7th June 2021 - this is envisaged as a "soft" start concentrating on the quality of the food service, with any marketing/merchandising changes happening over the Summer holidays. Key dates in the process are: 10th Feb at 2.00pm - "Meet The Client" video conference. 3rd March at 12.00noon - receipt of tenders. w/e 19th March - shortlisted bidding companies - visit to schools. 30th March - Tender presentations to E21C (in person or virtually). (MT Ref:223116)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Feb 2021 → 25 Jun 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened26 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until7 Jun 2021, 23:59 BST
- Notice published25 Jun 2021, 10:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Jun 2021, 10:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 014498-2021-2021/S 000-002163-1 · Caterlink
- Signed
- 7 Jun 2021
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tender for the provision of catering services | 6bids · 6 electronic | 2 | — | £99,479 – £1,325,210 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £99,479 – £1,325,210 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- The Catering Tender Company LtdProcess contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Caterlink LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.