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Published 5 Feb 2024, 22:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Greenhead College Catering Services

Official notice

Authority: RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£1,660,645published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 20 Mar 2024awarded 22 Apr 2024
Awarded to OCS Group UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The college wish to be at the forefront of college catering and as such require a modern,

branded offer that reflects the leading trends in the industry.

At this time, the college's wish is to commence a catering contract, with a partner who

shares their vision for a customer-focused retail service that attracts the maximum number

of students. The meals that are to be provided must be appealing to customers, imaginative,

provide good value for money and be nutritionally balanced to encourage all students to

make an educated choice.

The college's objectives for the new contract are as follows: -

  • A catering service that is well managed and requires minimal involvement from the

college's management team.

  • A strong Contractor Area Manager who will develop and lead the team to deliver

exceptional customer service, a consistently high-quality food offer and spend a substantial

amount of time on site at the outset to undertake this.

  • A Contractor who is proactive in their relationship management with the college, with good

communication with key college staff.

  • Investment in the college's Catering service through increased marketing, equipment to

enhance the services and educational events in return for a tenure of contract.

  • Innovation to allow for speed of service, customer interaction improvements and renewed

interest.

  • A higher number of students and staff using the facilities by providing a high quality,

affordable and nutritious meal.

  • A catering service that encourages students to take a healthy and balanced meal.
  • Food and drinks that look appetising and are attractively presented and are priced

accordingly and obviously for the consumer.

  • A hospitality service that will help showcase the college through events to parents and

visitors.

  • A Contractor that adopts a flexible and proactive approach to all college activities.
  • A service that is professionally merchandised and marketed with discretion and to the

mutual benefit of the college and the Contractor.

  • A Contractor that operates using the optimum level of staffing.
  • A Contractor who is willing to expand and develop the current skills in the team.
  • A Contractor alive to the current issues of sustainability.
  • A Contractor who can cater for vegan diets and other special requirements such as halal

and gluten free as required.

CPV: Canteen and catering services · Canteen services · Catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Issue of Invitation to Tender 5th February 2024AwardedRenewal

Issue of Invitation to Tender 5th February 2024

Bidding Companies to Visit Site 4th March 2024 9:30am onwards- all day including Break

service, Lunch service and 1:1 appointments with Client.

Clarification Deadline Wednesday 12th March 2023 12 noon

Clarification Return Deadline * Monday 18th March 2023

Deadline for return of Tender

Responses 9:30am Wednesday 20th March 2024

Presentation by shortlisted bidders Tuesday 9th April 2024 - times TBC

Reference site visits w/c 15th April 2024

Contract Awarded by 1st May 2024

Mobilisation Meeting Early May time TBC

Contract Commencement 1st September 2024

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · Greenhead College Greenhead Road, Huddersfield, HD1 4ES Principal: Simon Lett
Extensions: 2 possible 1 year extensionsVariant 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
  • Price

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
5 Feb 2024, 22:05 GMT
Last source update
7 May 2024, 13:45 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Mar 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014512
Classification (CPV)
Canteen and catering servicesCanteen servicesCatering services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-043765 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Mar 2024, 09:30 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Mar 2024, 09:31 GMT

Timeline

20 Mar 2024 → 31 Aug 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Mar 2024, 09:30 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    20 Mar 2024, 09:31 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 May 2024, 13:45 BST
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Aug 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 May 2024, 13:45 BST
Published amendments (1)

Issue of Invitation to Tender 5th February 2024 Bidding Companies to Visit Site 4th March 2024 9:30am onwards- all day including Break service, Lunch service and 1:1 appointments with Client. Clarification Deadline Wednesday 12th March 2023 12 noon Clarification Return Deadline * Monday 18th March 2023 Deadline for return of Tender Responses 9:30am Wednesday 20th March 2024 Presentation by s…

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,660,6451 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OCS Group UK Limited£1,660,645 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Issue of Invitation to Tender 5th February 20245bids———
Whole notice———£1,530,000 – £1,905,618

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 05126781 1 Innisfree Close, HARROGATE, Yorkshire & Humber, HG28PLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Red Box Consultancy Services LtdReview body HarrogateContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • OCSAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03056469 New Century House, The Havens, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP3 9SJ, Ipswich, South East, IP3 9SJ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.