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Published 14 Sept 2022, 09:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Great Learners Trust Contract for Catering Services

Official notice

Authority: Great Learners Trust (Public body)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,020,597exc. VAT24.6% above published estimate
Submissions closed 17 Oct 2022awarded 4 Jan 2023
Awarded to Alliance in Partnership (Class Catering Services Ltd)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To supply catering services to 6 schools in the Great Learners Trust" Church Street, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, HP16 0AZ"

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Great Learners Trust was established in 2014 in Buckinghamshire and are a group of 9…AwardedPublished value£1,020,597

Great Learners Trust was established in 2014 in Buckinghamshire and are a group of 9 schools. They are seeking a catering contractor to provide catering services to 6 of its primary schools: Bearbrook Combined School, Fowler Road, Aylesbury HP19 7QP; Elmhurst School, Dunsham Lane, Aylesbury HP20 2DB; Great Kimble CE School, Church Lane, Great Kimble, Aylesbury HP17 9TH; Great Missenden CE Primary School, Church Street, Great Missenden HP16 0AZ; Manor Farm Junior School, Rose Ave, Hazlemere, High Wycombe HP15 7PH;Princes Risborough Primary School, Wellington Ave, Princes Risborough, HP27 9HY. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing from Saturday 18th February 2023 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years. which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). Please note that each school will have a different contract start date (please see ITT for details).

Great Learners Trust value the provision of a quality

Delivery: South East · Buckinghamshire
Extensions: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)Second stage: 5–8 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 75%Price: 25%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Food Quality & Healthy Meal Choices: 25%
  • Customer Experience & Innovation: 20%
  • Contract Support: 20%
  • Technical Expertise: 10%
  • Financial Schedules: 25%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Food Quality & Healthy Meal Choices: 25.00%
  • Customer Experience & Innovation: 20.00%
  • Contract Support: 20.00%
  • Technical Expertise: 10.00%
  • Financial Schedules: 25.00%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Tenderer must be established in the field and financially secure with a minimum of 3 years trading history and able to demonstrate suitable expertise in the catering sector within the Education sector

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 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
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Sept 2022, 09:21 BST
Last source update
4 Jan 2023, 10:48 GMT
Authority reference
CA11090 -
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000135
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036840 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

A statement of the tenderer's turnover and, where appropriate, of turnover in the area covered by the contract for a maximum of the last 3 years available, depending on the date on which the undertaking was set up or the economic operator started trading, as far as the information on these turnovers is available. Abbreviated audited accounts for previous 3 years trading will be required.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Oct 2022 → 4 Jan 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    4 Jan 2023, 10:48 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Jan 2023, 10:48 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,271,1081 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Alliance in Partnership (Class Catering Services Ltd)£1,271,108 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Great Learners Trust

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation Church Street, Great Missenden, South East, HP16 0AZContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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