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Published 20 Oct 2022, 10:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Roberts Primary School Tender for Catering Services

Official notice

Authority: Roberts Primary School (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£625,176exc. VAT10.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 21 Nov 2022awarded 17 Mar 2023
Awarded to OCS UK&I LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide catering services at Roberts Primary School, Robert Street, Dudley DY 3 2AZ

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Roberts Primary School is a co-educational school in Dudley, West MidlandsAwardedPublished value£625,176

Roberts Primary School is a co-educational school in Dudley, West Midlands. There are currently circa 670 pupils on roll aged 3-11 years.

Roberts Primary School value the provision of a quality catering service for its pupils and staff and see this an essential part of the welfare policy at the School. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing from 1st April 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).

The School wishes to build on their past success by increasing uptake and seek innovative ideas to further enhance the service provision and embrace the School Food Plan. The emphasis for the service is on consistency in the quality and range of food provided, coupled with communication links with the School to promote the catering service as an essential part of the pupil experience.

Delivery: West Midlands · Dudley
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 & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 25%
  • Customer Experience & Innovation: 20%
  • Contract Support: 20%
  • Technical Expertise: 10%
  • Financial Schedules: 25%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Food Quality & Variety of 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
20 Oct 2022, 10:45 BST
Last source update
17 Mar 2023, 15:59 GMT
Authority reference
CA11263 -
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-007888
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG36)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037746 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
21 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Nov 2022 → 17 Mar 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Nov 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    17 Mar 2023, 15:59 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Mar 2023, 15:59 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £691,9921 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OCS UK&I LIMITED£691,992 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Roberts Primary School Tender for Catering Services · OCS UK&I LIMITED

    Signed
    17 Mar 2023
    Value
    £691,992
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Roberts Primary School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Robert Street , Dudley, West Midlands, DY3 2AZContact 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