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Published 15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

School Catering Services for St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton Schools)

Official notice

Authority: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 12 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Working across the south of the Diocese of Northampton, St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust is proud to serve 16 school communities in Buckingham, Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Slough.

There are 16 schools in the Trust and five of these schools are now seeking to procure their catering services; The schools are as follows:

  1. Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Sixth Form (Luton)
  2. St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School (Luton)
  3. St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Luton)
  4. St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Caddington)
  5. St Vincent's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Dunstable)

The Trust is seeking a school meals catering supplier for all five schools from 1st April 2025 for a 3 year contract (plus possible

extension on a +1year, +1year basis).

The successful supplier is to provide a healthy, high quality and value for money catering service to all school pupils, staff and hospitality as required.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Procurement of a tender process for catering services, facilitated by Panache…Renewal

Procurement of a tender process for catering services, facilitated by Panache Consultancy who are assisting the Trust with the 2-stage procurement exercise. Interested parties are to complete a Selection Questionnaire, which can be accessed via the link provided in the Contract Notice (see Section 1.3, Communications). Additional information: For further information, please contact Gail Heath at Panache Consultancy at [email protected]

NOTE: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information, please visit the Find A Tender website at

www.find-tender.service.gov.uk ↗

The Selection Questionnaire can be accessed via the link provided.

Delivery: East of England · The schools are in and around Luton, as follows: 1) Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Sixth Form (Luton) 2) St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School (Luton) 3) St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Luton) 4) St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Caddington) 5) St Vincent's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Dunstable)
Extensions: Possible 2 year renewal on a +1year / + 1year basis.Variant bids: not allowed

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
Last source update
15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021579
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047d44 Find a Tender

How it was run

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

Timeline

15 Jul 2024 → 9 Sept 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    9 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 09660515 Luton, East of England, LU4 0PFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body London
Process and specification contact points (1)
  • Panache ConsultancyProcess contact point Clevedon, UKContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.