Official UK procurement notice
Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services
Authority: Learning Community Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide catering services to the Learning Community Trust at 6 of their schools.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Learning Community Trust is a Telford and Shropshire based multi-academy Trust…AwardedPublished value£2,100,000
The Learning Community Trust is a Telford and Shropshire based multi-academy Trust which was established in July 2017, with the backing of the Department for Education. The Trust serves the community of Telford and Shropshire, with schools from across all phases including three mainstream primaries with nurseries and three large secondaries (one of which is all-through) as well as two Special Schools. They are looking for a contractor to provide catering services at the following schools:
- Charlton School, Apley Avenue, Wellington, Telford,TF1 3FA (Secondary)
- Ercall Wood Academy, Golf Links Lane, Telford, TF1 2DT (Secondary)
- Wrekin View Primary School, North Road, Wellington, Telford, TF1 3ES
- Crudgington Primary School, Crudgington, Telford, TF6 6JF
- Queensway South Campus, Hinkshay Road, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3PP (Special School)
- Queensway North Campus, Queensway, Hadley, Telford, TF1 6AJ (Special School)
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing MOND
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Customer Experience: 15%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15%
- Added Value: 5%
- Commercial & Financial: 25%
- Environmental & Sustainability: 20%
Published award criteria (6)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20.00%
- Customer Experience: 15.00%
- Environmental & Sustainability: 20.00%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15.00%
- Added Value: 5.00%
- Commercial & Financial: 25.00%
- 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
- 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
- 27 Jan 2022, 11:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Jul 2022, 13:33 BST
- Authority reference
CA9844 -- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019281- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030ff5Find a Tender
- 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- Submission deadline
- 26 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
26 Feb 2022 → 14 Jul 2022 · 2 dates- Submission deadline26 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published14 Jul 2022, 13:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Jul 2022, 13:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink | £2,671,474 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services · Caterlink
- Signed
- 14 Jul 2022
- Value
- £2,671,474
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CaterlinkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria