Official UK procurement notice
Dover Grammar for Boys Catering Tender
Authority: Dover Grammar School for Boys Catering Tender (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDover Grammar School for Boys is a very successful Boys Grammar School in Dover, Kent. It has 835 students between the ages of 11 and 19 on roll and 113 teaching and support staff. There is one busy main restaurant, POD and sixth form cafe and both facilities can be seen in the attached Photo Journal in the SQ document pack. There is also scope for an additional serving POD in a location near the sports fields. The incumbent caterer is Caterlink and the existing contract is at the end of its maximum tenure. The tender uses a two stage restricted process.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Dover Grammar School for Boys is a very successful Boys Grammar School in Dover, KentAwardedPublished value£1,225,000
Dover Grammar School for Boys is a very successful Boys Grammar School in Dover, Kent. It has 862 students between the ages of 11 and 19 on roll and 98 teaching and support staff. There is one busy main restaurant, an outside POD and a separate Sixth Form Café. The new school building was completed recently and all facilities are modern and in excellent condition. All facilities can be seen in the attached Photo Journal in the SQ document pack. The incumbent caterer is Caterlink and the existing contract is at the end of its maximum tenure.The school is forging a bright new future under the leadership of the Headteacher Mr Philip Horstrup. The School Finance & Personnel Manager, Sophie Tourki, is developing the catering services to reflect the high aspirations of the Headteacher and SLT; she is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of August 2024 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The tender is using a two stage restricted process and all documents are available from this link: in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/a… ↗
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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).
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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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
no conditions apply other than completion of the SQ documents.
- 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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 Feb 2024, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 8 Dec 2024, 19:44 GMT
- Authority reference
CCL_039- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039520- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043ca7Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 25 Feb 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
25 Feb 2024 → 8 Dec 2024 · 2 dates- Submission deadline25 Feb 2024, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published8 Dec 2024, 19:44 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Dec 2024, 19:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independent CateringDover Grammar School for Boys Catering Tender | £1,350,000 †ten times the procedure’s published value or more · possibly a unit error, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Dover Grammar School for Boys Catering Tender · Independent Catering
- Signed
- 8 Nov 2024
- Value
- £1,350,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review Service Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Independent CateringAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.