Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust ~ Catering Tender

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within each of the schools currently being tendered, which includes the provision for all hospitality and free issue requirements. The service requirement covers a combination of meals freshly cooked on site and also delivered in meals

To confirm - the process is to be to be inclusive of the requirements for the following locations:

Ulceby St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

East Ravendale Church Of England Primary School

Canon Peter Hall CofE Primary School

St Peter’s C of E Primary Academy

Wrawby St Mary's CofE Primary School (from March 2022)

The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st September 2021 and concluding on 31 August 2024, with the potential for an extension of up to a further two years. The contract being offered is based on a guaranteed performance basis.

Please note that the successful Supplier will pay The Litmus Partnership a consultancy fee on award of this contract, which will be to the value of £5,000.00 plus VAT. This fee will be invoiced immediately after the 10 day standstill period ends (by 31 July 2021). To ensure transparency, you will clearly show within your management fee a breakdown of this consultancy fee, over the length of the contract. The total full fee will be paid by the successful Supplier, in full to The Litmus Partnership, by no later than 31 August 2021.

It is expected that the successful Supplier will work very closely with the Client and engage with the school curriculum moving forwards into this contract term.

The Client wishes for the successful Supplier to be able to offer innovation and to make some changes to the service provision within the school during the course of the new contract term.

For the avoidance of doubt TUPE Regulations including pension rights will apply to this contract where applicable.

The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the Client on the contract performance. It is imperative that an open book policy is offered to ensure that the School has total clarity on financial performance of the contract.

The Client is seeking both innovation and the application of current food trends within the tender submissions and would expect as a result of this to be able to identify ‘Best Value’ in both financial and qualitative terms and work in partnership with the chosen Supplier moving into this contract term.

It is anticipated that the number of schools wishing to participate in the tender will grow during the course of the tender process and also during the life of the contract as new schools join the Trust. The provision of catering services to these schools when they have joined will fall under the scope of this contract if required. As further schools in addition to those listed join, the contractor will pay a consultancy fee to the Litmus Partnership prior to the commencement of the service.

The successful Supplier will be expected to provide the catering services within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios, etc that were applied to the successful bid at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the Trust

Please see SQ document for further information.