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Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust

DALES ACADEMY TRUST

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

17 Jan 2024 at 09:16

Tender

31 Oct 2023 at 17:57

Summary of the contracting process

Within the public procurement process conducted by Dales Academy Trust, the recent awarded contract for Catering Services covered multiple schools including Croft, Barton, Middleton Tyas, and Eppleby Fawcett Primary Schools. The procurement was completed on 20th December 2023, and the contract is now active. The Trust aimed to enhance the catering experience for pupils, ensuring attractive and nutritious meals that meet Government Standards. The planned contract duration is 36 months with the option for 2x12 months extension periods, facilitating potential growth opportunities for businesses offering school catering services.

The open tender initiated by Dales Academy Trust for catering services provides a lucrative opportunity for businesses in the food industry, particularly those focusing on school catering services. By prioritizing high-quality food standards, community engagement, and educational support, this tender encourages innovative and customer-oriented service providers. Businesses with expertise in marketing, nutrition education, team management, and collaborative partnership approaches are well-suited to compete for this contract, aligning their services with the Trust's vision and requirements.

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Notice Title

Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust

Notice Description

Dales Academies Trust consisting of three Schools in Stockton and eleven Schools in North Yorkshire, have decided to tender their primary school catering services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered as a group. The Trust are open to creative and alternative provision plans. The Trust 's main aims for the new contract are to have a catering service that: * Offers food that consistently looks and tastes appetising and is attractively presented. * Encourages pupils to take a heathy and balanced meal, actively working towards reducing packed lunches * Provides menus are suitable for a primary school. * Provides food that fully complies with the Government Standards. Consultation with each school is to be encouraged however the health eating requirements should be the focus of menus. * Encourages a higher number of pupils to use the lunch service where appropriate including all those entitled to free meals. * A proactive approach to marketing, community engagement, food education * Consultation with parents and pupils to illicit feedback. * Is operated by a catering team who are reliable, well-motivated, managed, trained and developed. * Is managed by a strong contractor area manager, who will develop and lead the team to deliver a customer service focused offer and spend a substantial amount of time on site, especially at the outset, to facilitate this. * Is proactively managed and requires minimal management from the Schools' leadership teams. * Facilitates a dining experience for the pupils that is pleasurable and calm and positively encourages the eating of all their food and developing good table manners and social skills. The idea that the pupil is treated by the catering team in the same manner as they would treat their own children at home. * Shares best practices between Schools and catering teams about all aspects of the catering service * Is professionally marketed and promoted to the mutual benefit of the pupils, parents, Schools, and contractor. * Demonstrates a flexible approach to all School activities and supports aspects of the curriculum as appropriate, including positively contributing to the education of pupils about food and nutrition. * Is managed by an organisation who works with the Trust in partnership to move the service forward together. * Achieves best value and eliminates any subsidies as far as is realistically possible.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Catering Services for Croft, Barton, Middleton Tyas and Eppleby Fawcett Primary Schools

Options: Option to extend 2 x 12 months.

Renewal: Option to extend 2 x 12 months.

Lot 2

Catering Services for Ainderby Steeple, East Cowton, Kirkby Fleetham, South Otterington Primary Schools. Plus new to the trust - Northallerton School.

Options: Option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.

Renewal: Option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.

Lot 3

Catering services for Thornaby C of E Primary and Thornaby St Francis primary Schools

Options: Option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

Renewal: Option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

Lot 4

School Catering services for Carnagill, Ravensworth, Richmond primary Schools

Options: 2x 12 month extensions

Renewal: Option to extend by 2 x 12 months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0410bb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001545-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services


CPV Codes

55524000 - School catering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£551,912 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jan 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
24 Nov 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
20 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DALES ACADEMY TRUST
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
Not specified
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
Not specified
Postcode
Not specified
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
TLC1 Tees Valley and Durham, TLE2 North Yorkshire

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DALES ACADEMIES TRUST

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