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Published 25 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Tees Valley Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Tees Valley Education Trust·Consortium: 6 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£2,500,000≈ £500k / year2.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 7 Jun 2024awarded 21 Oct 2024
Awarded to Aspens Services Limited
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 Tees Valley Education.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Tees Valley Education is a trust compromising of five academies located in…Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£2,500,000

Tees Valley Education is a trust compromising of five academies located in Middlesbrough and Redcar local authority areas. Four of the schools are primary; Brambles; Pennyman; Dormanstown and Wilton Primary Academies. Discovery Special Academy is the fifth academy in the trust and currently growing its secondar provision with year 7 to year 9 pupils installed by September 2025. The further cohorts of Year 10 and 11 will be installed by September 2027. The academy by 2027 will be 175-places special school for nursery, primary and secondary age children. As of September 2023, the trust has 1259 pupils and 264 teaching and support staff.

The Trust continues to grow and expand both in terms of the quality and range of educational provision, as well as the number of academies and children and young people, it serves.

Please see SQ Document for more information. Additional information: This is a contract award notice, this contract has already been awarded.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · North Yorkshire
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
25 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST
Last source update
6 Nov 2024, 16:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035968
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045514 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=901080813 GO Reference: GO-2024116-PRO-28427755

How it was run

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

Timeline

7 Jun 2024 → 1 Apr 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    8 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Nov 2024, 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
    6 Nov 2024, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,426,9331 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Aspens Services Limited£2,426,933 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 035968-2024-1 · Aspens Services Limited

    Signed
    21 Oct 2024
    Value
    £2,426,933
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

6 public bodies on the notice

Tees Valley Education Trust

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Kedward Avenue, Brambles Farm, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, Yorkshire & Humber, TS3 9DBContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Brambles Primary AcademyContracting authority Cleveland, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Discovery Special AcademyContracting authority Middlesbrough, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Dormanstown Primary AcademyContracting authority Redcar & Cleveland, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Pennyman Primary AcademyContracting authority Cleveland, Yorkshire & HumberContact email
  • Wilton Primary AcademyContracting authority Cleveland, Yorkshire & HumberContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Aspens Services LtdAwarded supplier06561073 Ground Floor, Teme House, Whittington Hall, Whittington, West Midlands, WR5 2RY

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