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Published 29 Jul 2024, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

St Illtyd’s Catholic High School ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: St Illtyd’s Catholic High School (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,610,000≈ £322k / year51% above published estimate
Submissions closed 13 Sept 2024awarded 4 Feb 2025
Awarded to Compass Contract Services (U.K.) Limited, trading as ESS Government Services
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Mar 2030 · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Illtyd’s Catholic High School located in Cardiff, Wales.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£1,610,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: Wales · Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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
  • Price

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
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
29 Jul 2024, 16:05 BST
Last source update
19 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005954
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04859f Find a Tender
Contract terms
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. To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=927570212 GO Reference: GO-2025219-PRO-29478008

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

13 Sept 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    21 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    19 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Feb 2025, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,431,3001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Feb 2025

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

St Illtyd’s Catholic High School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Newport Road, Rumney, Cardiff, Wales, CF3 1XQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria