Notice Information
Notice Title
Winchmore School Catering
Notice Description
Winchmore School is a thriving mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Laburnum Grove in the London Borough of Enfield. It has 1834 students aged between 11 and 18 years of age and is supported by a team of approximately 200 teaching and support staff. A number of staff in the catering team have LGPS pension schemes. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well-equipped kitchen and a separate sixth form cafe. There is a new sixth building adjacent to the main campus which opens in November 2024, with a new sixth form cafe scheduled to open as soon as possible after. Once the new cafe is operational, the existing sixth form cafe in the main building will remain open to serve sixth form students attending lessons in the main block, as well as some year 11 students.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Winchmore School is a thriving mixed, community secondary school and sixth form in Laburnum Grove in the London Borough of Enfield. It has 1834 students aged between 11 and 18 years of age and is supported by a team of approximately 200 teaching and support staff. A number of staff in the catering team have LGPS pension schemes. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped kitchen and a separate sixth form cafe. There is a new sixth building adjacent to the main campus which opens in February 2025. The School Business Manager, Justine Marlowe, is developing the services to reflect the high aspirations of the Headteacher and SLT; she is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract will commence on 25th March 2025 for an initial three years, with an option to extend for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management, consistently high food quality and tangible contract support. The School and CCL expect the successful Contractor to reasonably guarantee their financial proposal and maintain excellent standards.The School use a two stage 'Competitive Flexible' process, beginning with a Selection Questionnaire (SQ) stage followed by an Invitation to Tender (ITT) stage after shortlisting. This process is managed under the Light Touch Regime, and the School reserves the right to refine the award criteria throughout.
Renewal: The contract tenure is for an initial three year term and there is an option for both parties to extending the contract for another two years subject to performance and mutual agreement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ada9
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069182-2025
- 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
- £1,956,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,956,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,300,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20251 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Nov 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Sep 20252 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WINCHMORE SCHOOL CATERING TENDER
- Contact Name
- Procurement Team at Cohesion
- Contact Email
- info@cohesionconsultingltd.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1892251001
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- N21 3HS
- Post Town
- North London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI54 Enfield
- Delivery Location
- TLI54 Enfield
-
- Local Authority
- Enfield
- Electoral Ward
- Highfield
- Westminster Constituency
- Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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