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Published 10 Jan 2022, 13:08 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Gillingham School Catering Services

Official notice

Authority: Gillingham School Catering Services (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£387,500exc. VAT39% below published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Feb 2022awarded 24 May 2022
Awarded to Aspens Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Gillingham School is one of the oldest schools in Dorset, indeed in the country. The history of how it started continues to have benefits for the school that we have today, and we hope that the spirit in which it was founded is still reflected in our culture and ethos. Gillingham School provides education for all types of young people in our area: boys and girls; rich and poor; academic, sporty, artistic, practical or caring. Students achieve across the whole breadth of school life and all its facets – they are a credit to their school, their families and themselves, and we are very proud of them.We believe in the value of education in its broadest sense:

  • that may be excellence in sport, or enthusiasm for engaging in a healthy lifestyle;
  • it may be the skills to play a musical instrument or a lifelong appreciation of the arts;
  • some will take a particular skill or knowledge that they have learned, that is important to them;
  • some will leave with a sense of what is right, of ho

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Outsourced catering services for one secondary schoolAwardedPublished value£387,500

Outsourced catering services for one secondary school. 3 year contract with option of 2 further 1 year extensions.

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: 45%Price: 55%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Assessment: 45%
  • Price and Commercial Approach: 55%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Assessment: 45
  • Price and Commercial Approach: 55
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 55 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
10 Jan 2022, 13:08 GMT
Last source update
24 May 2022, 12:24 BST
Award evaluation window
17 Feb 2022 – …
Authority reference
CE-02298
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-014242
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South West (UKK25)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030907 Find a Tender

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
17 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Feb 2022 → 24 May 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    17 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    17 May 2022, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    24 May 2022, 12:24 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 May 2022, 12:24 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £236,4411 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 41 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aspens Services Limited£236,441 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Gillingham School Catering Services

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Harding's Lane, Gillingham, South West, SP8 4QPContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Gillingham SchoolReview body Gillingham
  • Royal Court of JusticeMediation body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Aspens Services LtdAwarded supplier Teme House, Whittington Road, Whittington, 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