Official UK procurement notice
Dunraven Educational Trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: Dunraven School (Education)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Dunraven Educational Trust (DET) was established in 2016 and over the years has successfully grown the number of its schools by transforming the experience and enhancing the offer from where they were.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Basis of ContractPublished value£7,600,000
Basis of Contract
The School wishes to appoint a single supplier to deliver full catering services to each school. The contract will commence from 1st September 2025 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option of 2 further periods of 1 year.
The estimated turnover is circa £3.8 million over initial 3-year period.
Objectives
The appointed Supplier will have:
•Significant experience of delivering quality catering services to MAT’s with both Primary and Secondary schools.
•Strong area management structure and local resources to ensure the required level of service is constantly maintained.
•Proven ability to grow sales and increasing pupil meal uptake
•A compelling attitude towards making the lunchtime service appealing, healthy and educational for children.
•Possessing robust management controls and proven expertise in meeting operational and budgetary targets
Please see SQ Document for more information.
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
- 30 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027743- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0496bdFind a Tender
- 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-London:-School-catering-services./8P8ZVHN944 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/8P8ZVHN944 GO Reference: GO-2024830-PRO-27548816
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
30 Aug 2024 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published30 Aug 2024, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline11 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected11 Nov 2024
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
5 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Goldfinch PrimaryContracting authority
- Rosendale PrimaryContracting authority
- The Elmgreen SchoolContracting authority
- Van Gogh PrimaryContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria