Official UK procurement notice
Warwickshire College Group Tender for Catering Services
Authority: Warwickshire College Group (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo provide catering services at Warwickshire College Group sites in Warwickshire and Worcestershire
CPV: Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Warwickshire College Group is a group of further and higher education colleges on six…AwardedPublished value£2,301,446
Warwickshire College Group is a group of further and higher education colleges on six sites across Warwickshire and Worcestershire who are seeking a catering contractor to provide catering services at their sites in Royal Leamington Spa, Rugby, Moreton Morrell, Pershore, Warwick and Evesham. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st February 2024 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). Tenderers are invited to submit proposals to provide a Cost Competitive Catering Service including recovery of VAT. Warwickshire Colleges Group (WCG) is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities within the colleges and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Customer Experience & Innovation: 15%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15%
- Added Value: 5%
- Clarification: 10%
- Commercial & Financial: 30%
- Corporate & Social Responsibility: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20.00%
- Customer Experience & Innovation: 15.00%
- Corporate & Social Responsibility: 5.00%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15.00%
- Added Value: 5.00%
- Clarification: 10.00%
- Commercial & Financial: 30.00%
- 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 sphere.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- 10 Jul 2023, 15:51 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Nov 2023, 10:45 GMT
- Authority reference
CA12619 -- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034637- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e050Find a Tender
- 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- Submission deadline
- 10 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Aug 2023 → 23 Nov 2023 · 2 dates- Submission deadline10 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published23 Nov 2023, 10:45 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Nov 2023, 10:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink | £3,449,053 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Warwickshire College Group Tender for Catering Services · Caterlink
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2023
- Value
- £3,449,053
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CaterlinkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria