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Published 7 Oct 2021, 10:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Chad's Academies Trust Tender for Catering Services at Brewood & Wheaton Aston Federation

Official notice

Authority: St Chads Academy Trust

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£374,800exc. VAT12.2% above published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Nov 2021awarded 7 Mar 2022
Awarded to MIQUILL CATERING LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To provide catering services to St Chad's Academies Trust at Brewood CE Middle Academy and St Mary's CE First Academy.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1St Chad’s Academies Trust is the Lichfield Diocesan Multi Academy Trust (MAT) a part…AwardedPublished value£374,800

St Chad’s Academies Trust is the Lichfield Diocesan Multi Academy Trust (MAT) a part of Lichfield Diocese. They are looking for a contractor to provide catering services to Brewood CE Middle School and St Mary's CE First School; together these schools form the Brewood and Wheaton Aston Federation. Both Schools are situated in Staffordshire. Brewood CE Middle Academy is Federated with St Mary’s CE First Academy and joined the St Chad’s Multi-Academy Trust on 1 October 2019.

The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing from Saturday 9th April 2022 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).

St Chad’s Academies Trust is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities at Brewood CE Middle Academy and St Mary’s CE First Academy and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and pupils. In tendering the catering serv

Delivery: West Midlands · Staffordshire
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: 35%Price: 65%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Food Quality and Healthy Meal Choices: 25%
  • Technical Expertise: 10%
  • Customer Experience & Innovation: 20%
  • Contract Support: 15%
  • Financial Schedules: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Food Quality and Healthy Meal Choices: 25.00%
  • Customer Experience & Innovation: 20.00%
  • Contract Support: 15.00%
  • Technical Expertise: 10.00%
  • Financial Schedules: 30.00%
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 65 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
7 Oct 2021, 10:51 BST
Last source update
7 Mar 2022, 11:21 GMT
Authority reference
CA9297 -
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006143
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e91a 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
8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Nov 2021 → 7 Mar 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    7 Mar 2022, 11:21 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Mar 2022, 11:21 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £420,5151 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MIQUILL CATERING LIMITEDSME£420,515 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • St Chad's Academies Trust Tender for Catering Services at Brewood & Wheaton Aston Federation · MIQUILL CATERING LIMITEDSME

    Signed
    7 Mar 2022
    Value
    £420,515
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Chads Academy Trust

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation c/o WLP Consultancy Services Ltd, The Fort Offices, Oswestry, West Midlands, SY11 4ADContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • St Chad's Academies TrustReview body LichfieldContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Miquill Catering LtdAwarded supplier 15 White Willow Close, , Tenbury Wells, UK, WR15 8TRContact email, phone

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