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Garstang Community Academy Catering Tender

Garstang Community Academy · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Garstang Community Academy are seeking to procure a provider for catering services. The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the school are supported. This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in August 2025. Please note that this process covers all catering services within Garstang Community Academy with full tender costings and proposals for the Academy for a contract start in August 2025. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will include the creation of a select bidder list following analysis of SQ documents (within which the scoring criteria is included). Following the analysis of SQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for late April 2025. Tender responses deadline is planned as late May 2025 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid June 2025. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).

Classification

  • CPV55524000 — School catering services

Lots

  • Garstang Community Academy are seeking to procure a provider for catering services. The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the school are supported. This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in August 2025. Please note that this process covers all catering services within Garstang Community Academy with full tender costings and proposals for the Academy for a contract start in August 2025. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will include the creation of a select bidder list following analysis of SQ documents (within which the scoring criteria is included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering service and support required by the school. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum level of turnover for this tender at 250,000 GBP which takes into account the contract turnover and cash flow associations. This is a discretionary pass/fail question on the basis that we will consider any additional guarantees and formal assurances such as parent company guarantors or similar which must be included to support any submission. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP. Following the analysis of SQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for late April 2025. Tender responses deadline is planned as late May 2025 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid June 2025. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04d73e
Status
active
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Second Stage

Invitation Date
17 Apr 2025, 00:00

Tender Period

Ends
4 Mar 2025, 12:00

Classification

Id
55524000
Scheme
CPV
Description
School catering services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
Garstang Community Academy are seeking to procure a provider for catering services. The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the school are supported. This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in August 2025. Please note that this process covers all catering services within Garstang Community Academy with full tender costings and proposals for the Academy for a contract start in August 2025. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will include the creation of a select bidder list following analysis of SQ documents (within which the scoring criteria is included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering service and support required by the school. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum level of turnover for this tender at 250,000 GBP which takes into account the contract turnover and cash flow associations. This is a discretionary pass/fail question on the basis that we will consider any additional guarantees and formal assurances such as parent company guarantors or similar which must be included to support any submission. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP. Following the analysis of SQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for late April 2025. Tender responses deadline is planned as late May 2025 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid June 2025. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).

Renewal

Description
Option of up to two further annual extensions meaning a 5 year period in total with options

Second Stage

Minimum Candidates
5

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD4

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
55524000
Scheme
CPV
Description
School catering services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic1
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical1
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-68964
Name
Garstang Community Academy

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD4
Locality
Garstang
Postal Code
PR3 1YE
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Garstang Road, Bowgreave

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
Garstang Community Academy

Contact

Name
Neil Mayers
Telephone
+44 1516780193
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-103
Name
Public Procurement Review Service

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Cabinet Office

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
Public Procurement Review Service

Contact

Telephone
+44 3450103503

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Garstang · UKD4 · PR3 1YE · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD4

Notice and amendment history

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