Official UK procurement notice
Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: Sapientia Education Trust (Public body)·Consortium: 16 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering Services for fifteen schools within the trust, six secondary schools and nine primaries, situated in Norfolk, centred around Norwich and Northern Suffolk.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of…Published value£1,700,000
The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of bringing like-minded schools together to work in partnership to deliver a world class education to pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk. The term Sapientia comes from the motto of the founding school, Wymondham College, and means wisdom.
‘Our work is cross-phase and involves a strong commitment to staff development and on-going training for all staff in our schools. We believe that collaboration and partnership work helps raise standards and we work with a range of schools within and beyond our Trust.’
SET currently consists of 7 secondary schools and 10 primary schools, educating 5,500 pupils. We range in size from the largest state boarding school in the UK, to several very small, rural schools.’ SET’s school facilities range from the very modern to old Victorian premises.
Current catering service annual turnover for the fifteen schools in scope is estimated to be in excess of £1.7million per annum.
The contract is likely to be for an initial 3 year term with the opportunity to extend by mutual agreement for a further two years (3+1+1).
The principle aim of this process will be to realise the benefits of a single specialist service provider. This Is a key strategic project for catering that will bundle six secondary schools together alongside nine primaries of varying size, that should attract in-form education sector caterers to make confident and commercially attractive bids.
Please see SQ document for more information.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jan 2024, 16:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Jan 2024, 16:06 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001335- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Norfolk:-School-catering-services./RH6TA7FX6G" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Norfolk:-School-catering-services./RH6TA7FX6G</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/RH6TA7FX6G" target="_blank">https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/RH6TA7FX6G</a> GO Reference: GO-2024115-PRO-24968343
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
15 Jan 2024 → 1 Sept 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published15 Jan 2024, 16:06 GMT
- Submission deadline23 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected18 Mar 2024
- Contract starts1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
16 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Attleborough AcademyContracting authority
- Burston Primary SchoolContracting authority
- City Academy NorwichContracting authority
- Fakenham AcademyContracting authority
- Framingham Earl High SchoolContracting authority
- Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolContracting authority
- Great Hockham Primary School and NurseryContracting authority
- Old Buckenham High SchoolContracting authority
- Old Buckenham Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Rockland Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Seething & Mundham Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Stradbroke High SchoolContracting authority
- Surlingham Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Tivetshall Primary SchoolContracting authority
- White House Farm Primary SchoolContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria