Official UK procurement notice
St Mary’s Catholic High School ~ Catering Tender
Authority: St Mary’s Catholic High School (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for: St Mary’s Catholic High School
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for:Published value£655,000
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for:
St Mary’s Catholic High School
Royal Avenue
Leyland
PR25 1BS
Contract value = £131k turnover per annum
St Mary’s Catholic High School is a school of approx. 814 pupils in years 7-11.
The contract will be for a period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The annual catering budget will be expected to be guaranteed with free school meals, free issues and hospitality invoiced to the client on a monthly basis. Free school meals to be invoiced according to actual take up at tariff value and free issues and hospitality charged at food cost with no mark up.
The catering is currently managed by the Local Authority. Admitted Body status will apply with regards to Local Government pensions.
The school has a main dining area and a kiosk and is looking for a catering partner who will work with them to develop and enhance the service in line with student expectations, healthy eating principles and a strong environmental ethos. Innovation and continuous improvement will form a key component of ensuring that value for money is delivered to the students and the school. The school would like to see increased take up of the break and lunch services by current none users and are looking for service development and communication that will attract new customers. The school will welcome proposals for improvement to the facilities which may involve capital investment on the part of the catering provider.
Headteacher welcome - ‘Here you will find a calm and purposeful working environment, with a rich extra-curricular provision, allowing pupils the opportunity to excel. They are wonderfully supported by staff who are hard-working, caring and committed.
The inspiration for all we do comes from our Catholic faith and is based on the Gospel values of love, honesty, respect and forgiveness. In so doing, we believe our Mission, which is to ‘let your light shine’, comes alive.’
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
- 1 May 2024, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2024, 12:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014031- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045677Find a Tender
- 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: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Lancashire:-School-catering-services./23856G472S To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/23856G472S GO Reference: GO-202451-PRO-25920248
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
1 May 2024 → 1 Jan 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published1 May 2024, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected8 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jan 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria