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Published 23 Feb 2024, 16:37 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Dover Grammar for Boys Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Dover Grammar School for Boys Catering Tender (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£125,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 25 Feb 2024awarded 8 Nov 2024
Awarded to Independent Catering

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Dover 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 published
Lot #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… ↗

Delivery: South East · Dover Grammar School for Boys, Astor Avenue, Dover, CT17 0DQ
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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    no conditions apply other than completion of the SQ documents.

What this means for your bid
  • 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)
School catering services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043ca7 Find 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
  1. Submission deadline
    25 Feb 2024, 13:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    8 Dec 2024, 19:44 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Dec 2024, 19:44 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,350,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 42 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Dover Grammar School for Boys Catering Tender

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Astor Avenue, Dover, South East, CT17 0DQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review Service Review body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.