Official UK procurement notice
Southmoor Academy - Catering Services
Authority: ASPIRE NORTH EAST MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthmoor Academy (Academy) is one of the highest performing non-faith academies in Sunderland and the lead sponsor within the Aspire Multi Academy Trust. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the Academy. This will consist of daily delivery of quality meals and snacks with specific services for breakfast, morning break and lunch plus an all-day service for Sixth Form students and Academy staff. Within the Academy there are currently 1471 pupils on roll for the academic year 2023/24. Of this figure, 387 pupils are entitled to Free School Meals with an average daily uptake of 245 pupils. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.
CPV: School catering services · School meals
The lotProcurement structure
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The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the Academy. This will consist of daily delivery of quality meals and snacks with specific services for breakfast, morning break and lunch plus an all-day service for Sixth Form students and Academy staff. Within the Academy there are currently 1471 pupils on roll for the academic year 2023/24. Of this figure, 387 pupils are entitled to Free School Meals with an average daily uptake of 245 pupils.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open 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
- 3 Mar 2023, 11:47 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Mar 2023, 11:47 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Mar 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-006281- Accelerated
The Academy is unable to undertake a procurement in the normal timescales due to the unanticipated early termination of the current catering provision.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ade5Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Aspire North East Multi Academy Trust will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: The method of submission of tenders and clarifications is as set out in the procurement documents. Tenderers must register to receive tenderer communications about the process and copies of all clarification questions and responses upon downloading the procurement documents. In order to do so please email your details to [email protected] as soon as possible upon downloading the procurement documents.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Mar 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Mar 2023, 09:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Mar 2023 → 21 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Notice published3 Mar 2023, 11:47 GMT
- Submission deadline20 Mar 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened21 Mar 2023, 09:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England, Wales and Northern IrelandReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- Muckle LLPProcess contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria