Notice Information
Notice Title
Northern College ~ Catering Tender
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Northern College
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Requirement The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Northern College. The catering service provision is currently managed by the Thomas Franks on a 5 year contract which expires at the end of December 2024. To ensure that best value principles are applied the Governors and Senior Leaders of the College have decided to tender the catering services. Northern College is the only residential college for adults to re-enter education, gain employment or to make career change through immersive residential learning and specialist support. The catering service provides breakfast, lunch and supper service for, Monday-Friday, 48 weeks, and a limited service for up to 11 weekends per year In 2023-24 Catering costs was around PS270k Objectives We want our catering company to offer a high quality service to all our students, staff and visitors that matches the educational experience they receive on a daily basis all of the essential abilities and skills to provide an outstanding catering service to our students, staff and visitors at our College. You should have the knowledge of how to provide exceptional dining experiences in Colleges, manage staff and the whole catering function. Providing a high quality and reliable catering service has a major effect on the whole learning experience for all our students, staff and visitors and this is why the College is passionate about having very high quality catering facilities, with excellent food choices which are nutritionally balanced for everyone. Having excellent customer care, the caterer should be polite, diplomatic and thoughtful while dealing with all our students, staff and visitors. We are looking for a refreshing and innovative approach that reflects, amongst other things, the changing profile of student life and their food preferences and types and preferred styles of dining including a wide range of vegan and vegetarian options which is very popular with our student body. It's essential to the college that the contractors bidding for this tender think broadly about all issues and not just the core catering service to compete and be successful in obtaining the contract of the college. We would like the contractors to always be on the lookout for new ways of doing things, coming up with new solutions for many common problems such as how you have dealt with the cost of living crisis in managing price increases Contractors are requested to ensure they consider all the aspects of service delivery and think carefully about the catering requirements. The College already knows that the successful provision of catering services is very much dependent on the development of a good working relationship between the Client of a facility and the contractor's catering manager and catering team on site. The contractor is expected to use its best endeavours to cultivate such a relationship to benefit the smooth running of each establishment. Key factors for the College are: *A service that offers a light breakfast, light lunch and a cooked evening meal *A model which is cost effective with high quality service and flexibility (to cover weekends as well as extended hours) *A suitable and workable staffing structure to ensure that sufficient catering services will be provided every day. *Flexibility of service delivery. *What cover arrangements will be applied when inevitably some staff are off with illness. *Management involvement. *Monitoring of standards and service delivery. *Availability and responsiveness of Management to any issues raised. *Ability to provide hospitality for events and meetings outside of core working hours. With a clear cost structure. The new contract will commence on 1 January 2025, for an initial 3 year term with the option of additional 2 x 1 year extensions. For the avoidance of doubt, TUPE Regulations will apply to this contract. Please see SQ Document for more information. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/G92HDZ7U65
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-046ca1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016999-2024
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,350,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,350,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 May 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Jul 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHERN COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1276673880
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTH YORKSHIRE
- Postcode
- S75 3ET
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE33 Barnsley
- Delivery Location
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Barnsley
- Electoral Ward
- Penistone East
- Westminster Constituency
- Penistone and Stocksbridge
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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