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Published 7 Oct 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Cathedral Schools Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Cathedral Schools Trust (Education)·Consortium: 9 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,200,000≈ £400k / year
Submissions closed 15 Nov 2024
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for the Cathedral Schools Trust.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Eight schools are part of this tender (please see below) we are seeking tender… 3 yrsPublished value£1,200,000

Eight schools are part of this tender (please see below) we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract.

The Cathedral Schools Trust is well established Multi Academy Trust situated in Bristol and North Somerset and will include at the commencement to this contract the following 8 schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement.

The schools which will be part of this tender are:

•St Katherine's School - Pill Road, Pill, Bristol, BS20 0HU

•Bristol Cathedral Choir School - College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS

•Cathedral Primary School - College Square, Bristol, BS1 5TS

•Headley Park Primary School - Headley Lane, Headley Park, Bristol, BS13 7QB

•Victoria Park Primary School - Atlas Road, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4QS

•Stoke Park Primary School - Brangwyn Grove, Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9BY

•Trinity Academy - Romney Avenue, Lockleaze, Bristol, BS7 9BY

•St Werburgh's Primary School - James Street, St Werburgh’s, Bristol, BS2 9US

** Please note that St Werburgh’s is a split site and it has meals served from both sites

It will be noted that within the tender specification that additional schools may join this contract within the contract term, these being:

•Henleaze Junior School - Park Grove, Bristol BS9 4LG

•Henleaze Infant School - Park Grove, Henleaze, Bristol BS9 4LG

•Hotwells Primary School - Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol BS8 4ND

•Ashton Gate Primary School - Ashton Gate Rd, Southville, Bristol BS3 1SZ

Please see SQ Document for more information.

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: South West · Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
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
7 Oct 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update
7 Oct 2024, 12:05 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-032042
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a641 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: 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. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Bristol:-School-catering-services./R4AD5A6WPA To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/R4AD5A6WPA GO Reference: GO-2024107-PRO-27964359

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

7 Oct 2024 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    7 Oct 2024, 12:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    16 Dec 2024
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

9 public bodies on the notice

Cathedral Schools Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Pill Road, Pill, Bristol, South West, BS20 0HUContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • Cathedral Primary SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • Headley Park Primary SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • St Katherine's SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • St Werburgh's Primary SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • Stoke Park Primary SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • Trinity AcademyContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email
  • Victoria Park Primary SchoolContracting authority Bristol, South WestContact email

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