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Published 25 Jul 2024, 10:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Newham Community Learning · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ACE Advice Limited

ServicesRestricted procedure
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: London (UKI41)
Published estimate£2,100,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Newham Community Learning (NCL) are tendering three of their six schools for Catering Services. It is intended for NCL to have one single central catering contract. The other schools currently in NCL, and any new schools which may join NCL over the life of this agreement, may join the NCL central contract when their current catering arrangements expire.

The successful bidder of this initial tender, subject to an independent benchmarking exercise, will be appointed to provide catering services to all NCL schools.

NCL are looking for a supplier who will provide freshy prepared meals and a wide range of healthy snacks and drinks. All bidders must comply with the Newham London Eat for Free Grant conditions.

The tender is being managed under The Light Tough Regime

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1NCL is looking to appoint a catering contractor to provide a catering organisation to…RenewalPublished value£2,100,000

NCL is looking to appoint a catering contractor to provide a catering organisation to manage a groups of schools including primary and secondary school meal provision.

It is a requirement of this tender process that bidders fully comply with Newham London Eat for Free Grant. A copy of the requirements is included as part of this selection questionnaire - Appendix 1

Delivery: London · London Borough of Newham. Rokeby School, Barking Road, London, E16 4DD (Secondary), Portway Primary School, Stratford Road, London, E13 0JW (Primary) Selwyn Primary School, Selwyn Road, London, E13 0ES (Primary)
Extensions: Two x 12 month 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
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality criterion - Name: Written response, presentation and references: 60%
  • Cost of Catering and Contractual Compliance: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality criterion - Name: Written response, presentation and references: 60%
  • Cost of Catering and Contractual Compliance: 40
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Restricted Procedure under the Light Touch Regime.

    It is a requirement of this tender process that bidders fully comply with Newham London Eat for Free Grant. A copy of the requirements is included as part of this selection questionnaire - Appendix 1

    Bidders must obtain Admitted Body Status to the relevant Local Government Pension Scheme

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Closed
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
25 Jul 2024, 10:41 BST
Last source update
25 Jul 2024, 10:41 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023158
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI41)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04846e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
26 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice ↗

Timeline

25 Jul 2024 → 2 Sept 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    25 Jul 2024, 10:41 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    2 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ACE ADVICE LTD

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 12873828 The Barns,Edgerley, OSWESTRY, West Midlands, SY108ENContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement ServicesReview body London

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