Notice Information
Notice Title
Leamington Primary School Cluster ~ Catering Tender
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for four Primary schools in and around the Leamington area.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The four schools will all be set up as separate contracts, duration of the contracts being offered is three years commencing on April 1st 2025, and concluding on March 31st 2028 apart from Telford Infant School which will start on April 1st 2026 and conclude on March 31st 2029. The contracts will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to each school. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term of two years. It is expected that the successful contractor will have experience in providing food for pupils at similar sized schools and understand the requirements of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards & Requirements). The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the schools. This includes breakfast clubs, hospitality for visitors and provision for inset days. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations within the schools. Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. Please see SQ Document for more information. Additional information: Please note this is a Contract Award Notice, this contract has already been awarded.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04791e
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003860-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,295,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,295,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,417,364 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 9 Aug 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Dec 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2030 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MILVERTON PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Additional Buyers
ST JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL, WHITNASH
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1276673880
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARWICKSHIRE
- Postcode
- CV32 6ES
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
- Delivery Location
- TLG13 Warwickshire CC
-
- Local Authority
- Warwick
- Electoral Ward
- Whitnash
- Westminster Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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