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Published 31 Mar 2021, 21:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CE-01206 - Venturers Trust Catering

Official notice

Authority: Venturers Trust

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published value£7,000,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 May 2021awarded 5 Jul 2021
Awarded to Aspens Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Venturers Trust, a multi-academy trust is an ambitious and diverse family of schools comprising Primary, Secondary, all-age schools, and a Special school, with a total of 3,500 pupils and 700 staff. The academies within Venturers Trust are located in two clusters, one in South Bristol and the other in East Central Bristol, the academies are based on 8 Different sites. Venturers Trust is privileged to work with an incredibly diverse and vibrant set of communities, and they take their educational commitment to them extremely seriously.This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic catering team to work in partnership with all our schools to develop an outstandingly consistent catering service across the Trust and who can provide a professional reliable high-quality food service for the Trust.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£7,000,000
Delivery: South West
Variant 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: 25%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • 65% Quality Criteria: 65%
  • Commercial Approach 10%: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
  • 65% Quality Criteria: 65%
  • Commercial Approach 10%: 25%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per the tendering documentation

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 90 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
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
31 Mar 2021, 21:50 BST
Last source update
18 Nov 2021, 12:37 GMT
Award evaluation window
7 May 2021 – …
Authority reference
CE-01206
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028805
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Information on deadlines(s) for review procedures can be found in Part 3, Chapter 6 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

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
7 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
7 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 May 2021 → 18 Nov 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Nov 2021, 12:37 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Nov 2021, 12:37 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,304,9091 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aspens Services LimitedVenturers Trust - Catering Services£5,304,909 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Venturers Trust

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Gatehouse Avenue, Bristol, South West, BS13 9AJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeMediation bodyReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Aspens Services LtdAwarded 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