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Published 11 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Pennine Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: The Pennine Trust·Consortium: 5 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£2,579,500≈ £516k / year
Submissions closed 17 Jan 2025
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for the four schools within The Pennine Trust. The Trust consists of one Secondary and three primary schools in and around Colne in Lancashire.

The annual value of the contract in total is approximately £515,900.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£2,579,500
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Lancashire
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

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
11 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
11 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039894
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
North West (UKD4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c648 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. 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-Barrowford:-School-catering-services./N382QQ666R To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/N382QQ666R GO Reference: GO-20241211-PRO-28852881

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
17 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

11 Dec 2024 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    17 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    17 Feb 2025
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

5 public bodies on the notice

The Pennine Trust

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Bridgewater House, Suite 5, Surrey Road, Barrowford, North West, BB9 7TZContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Blacko Primary SchoolContracting authority Lancashire, North WestContact email
  • Colne Park High SchoolContracting authority Colne, North WestContact email
  • Laneshaw Bridge Primary SchoolContracting authority Colne, North WestContact email
  • Lord Street Primary SchoolContracting authority Colne, North WestContact email

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