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Wapping High School Catering

Wapping High School Catering Tender · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Wapping High School is a co-educational Secondary School in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It has 335 students between the ages of 11 and 16 on roll, with a capacity of 420 students and 50 teaching and support staff. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen.The School is developing their catering services to reflect the high aspirations of the Executive Headteacher and SLT and are tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of January 2025 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The contract value is circa £200,000 per annum, so over £600,000 over the initial three year term.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active managem

Awarded to

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Olive Dining

Matched by normalised name
Contract value
£444k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
13 May 2025
Award ID
022419-2025-CCL_043-1
Status
active
Location
Oxted, UKJ26, RH8 0BT, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV55524000 — School catering services

Lots

  • Wapping High School is a co-educational Secondary School in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It has 335 students between the ages of 11 and 16 on roll, with a capacity of 420 students and 50 teaching and support staff. Staff in the catering team have NEST pension schemes. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen. The catering team are all on NEST pensions.The School Finance and Business Manager, Gurjit Sidhu, is developing the services to reflect the high aspirations of the Executive Headteacher and SLT; he is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of January 2025 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The contract value is circa £200,000 per annum, so over £600,000 over the initial three year term.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management and consistently high levels of food quality and tangible contract support. The School and CCL expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and deliver excellent standards.£600k

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
CCL_043
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Review Details
Details on deadlines for review procedures are available from Cohesion Consulting Ltd.
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Tender Period

Ends
3 Sept 2024, 13:00

Classification

Id
55524000
Scheme
CPV
Description
School catering services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
Wapping High School is a co-educational Secondary School in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It has 335 students between the ages of 11 and 16 on roll, with a capacity of 420 students and 50 teaching and support staff. Staff in the catering team have NEST pension schemes. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen. The catering team are all on NEST pensions.The School Finance and Business Manager, Gurjit Sidhu, is developing the services to reflect the high aspirations of the Executive Headteacher and SLT; he is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of January 2025 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The contract value is circa £200,000 per annum, so over £600,000 over the initial three year term.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management and consistently high levels of food quality and tangible contract support. The School and CCL expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and deliver excellent standards.

Value

Amount
600,000
Currency
GBP

Renewal

Description
The contract is for an initial three year term. There is an option to extend the contract for a further two years subject to mutual agreement, based on strong financial and qualitative performance by mutual agreement.

Second Stage

Maximum Candidates
4
Minimum Candidates
4

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Cost
Type
cost
Description
35

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Wapping High School, 153 Commercial Rd, London E1 2DA

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI42
Entry 2
Region
UKI42

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
55524000
Scheme
CPV
Description
School catering services

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-120237
Name
Wapping High School Catering Tender

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKI42
Locality
London
Postal Code
E1 2DA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
153 Commercial Rd

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
09
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Education

Identifier

Legal Name
Wapping High School Catering Tender

Contact

Name
Cohesion Procurement Team
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-105750
Name
Public Procurement Review Service London

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2AS
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
70 Whitehall

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Public Procurement Review Service London

Contact

Telephone
+44 2072761234
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-78436
Name
Cohesion Consulting Ltd

Roles

mediationBody

Address

Locality
Tunbridge Wells
Postal Code
TN1 1QU
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
16 Mount Pleasant

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Cohesion Consulting Ltd

Contact

Telephone
+44 1892251001
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-148368
Name
Olive Dining

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ26
Locality
Oxted
Postal Code
RH8 0BT
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Council Offices, 8 Station Rd E, Oxted

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
Olive Dining

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
022419-2025-CCL_043-1
Title
Wapping High School Catering Tender
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-148368
Name
Olive Dining

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
022419-2025-CCL_043-1
Title
Wapping High School Catering Tender
Status
active
Award ID
022419-2025-CCL_043-1
Date Signed
14 May 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
444,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI42 · E1 2DA · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKI42

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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