Notice Information
Notice Title
St Illtyd's Catholic High School ~ Catering Tender
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Illtyd's Catholic High School located in Cardiff, Wales.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Illtyd's Catholic High School located in Cardiff, Wales. The value of the contract is approximately PS322,000 per annum. St Illtyd's Catholic High School is a coeducational secondary school in Rumney, a district in the east side of the Welsh capital Cardiff. Its catchment area includes the eastern districts of Cardiff and is heavily oversubscribed. The school's namesake is Illtud, a 5th-century Welsh abbot and teacher. The catering provision includes a morning break and lunch service with one main servery and a second grab and go counter within the dining room. There are currently 1,011 pupils on roll and approximately 99 Staff. The Free School Meal allowance is currently PS3.40 per pupil with 49% of pupils currently eligible for a free meal. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the school, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements. The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on 1st April 2025 and concluding on 31st March 2028 and will be on a guaranteed performance basis offering a fixed annual return and or subsidy to St Illtyd's Catholic High School. There will be the option to extend the contract for a further term of two years. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature. It is expected that the successful contractor will have experience in the requirements of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards & Requirements) and be able to offer innovation and forward thinking during this contract term. 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 school. This includes a breakfast offer provided by the catering team, a mid-morning break, 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 school. Regular customer and parental engagement will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils' moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise the local supply chain and farming" belt" in South Wales to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products As you can appreciate, working with the local community is something that the school strives to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from local suppliers (within a 20-mile radius of the School) St Illtyd's Catholic High School also seeks to ensure that the catering operation will have the following objectives from April 2025. 1.The provision of a healthy balanced menu including daily fresh vegetables and fruit that meets nutritional guidelines. 2.Suitable portion sizes for each age group. 3.A focus on food waste, in line with the Welsh government guidelines. 4.Opening of additional outlets to help with timings and queue management. 5.A series of added value days organised and run throughout the year, including support for key curriculum dates. 6.The successful contractor's management team show a real interest in the school and its students moving into this contract term. 7.Engagement with parents and pupils through newsletters, attendance at parent's evenings and other methods. 8.Clear and transparent accounting. 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-04859f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005954-2025
- 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
- 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
- £1,610,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,610,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,431,300 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 13 Sep 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 4 Feb 20251 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
- ST ILLTYD’S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1276673880
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CARDIFF
- Postcode
- CF3 1XQ
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Cardiff
- Electoral Ward
- Rumney
- Westminster Constituency
- Cardiff East
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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