Notice Information
Notice Title
Cheviot Learning Trust ~ Catering Tender
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for The Cheviot Learning Trust.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for The Cheviot Learning Trust. Contract value = PS1,140,000 per annum with the total potential lifetime value of PS5.7m. The initial contract award will be for 3 years with the option of 2 x 1-year extensions. Cheviot Learning Trust educates around 5500 students across 18 schools in Northumberland between the ages of 2 and 19 and employs over 750 staff. They are a three tier Trust with some rural and small schools. The trust self-delivers catering at 17 of the schools, and the 18th school is outsourced. The trust now wishes to appoint a suitably qualified organisation to deliver catering at 11 of the 18 schools. Whilst it's the trusts intention to award all 11 schools to a single contractor, the trust reserves the right to remove schools from this process if it is financially disadvantaged by including them. The trust LGPS is South Tyneside, who have confirmed that LGPS will be a pass-through agreement, which is the Trusts preference. The schools that form this tender opportunity are; High Schools; The King Edward VI, Cottingwood Lane, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1DN Middle Schools; Newminster, Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1RH Chantry, Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 1RQ OMSOvingham, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6DE Highfield, Highfield Lane, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6EY First Schools; Stobhillgate, Stobhill, Morpeth, NE61 2HA Morpeth All Saints, Pinewood Drive, Lancaster Park, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3RD Wylam, Bell Road, Wylam, Northumberland, NE41 8EH Prudhoe Castle, Castle Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 6PH Broomley, Main Road, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7NN Whittonstall, Main Road, Whittonstall, Consett, Northumberland, DH8 9JN Additional Schools There is also the potential for further schools in the area to join during the term of the contract. If further establishments join at any time, they do form part of the Service and will be contracted with on the basis of the same terms, conditions and common requirements agreed for the main Service. The Customer offers no guarantee that further establishments will take up this Service or of final meal numbers involved. The trusts Purpose; Our core purpose is to advance education for the public benefit. We believe that each school in the Trust family has unique qualities to share and unique challenges to be resolved. Deep collaboration is a key Trust expectation that helps us to deliver significant benefits for the students, the staff and the schools that form the Trust. Each school is stronger in the Trust family; delivering a better education for the public good than if they were outside the Trust. The trusts Vision; Our purpose is to deliver excellent education for the benefit of all and our mission is to develop all our young people to have the opportunity to succeed. The trusts Values; Everything we do is based around the values that we hold dear: Innovation We're here to shape the future, which is why we all have a responsibility to be thinking about the big issues of tomorrow; Cooperation We nurture the relationships that we've built over many years and we know by working together we can achieve more than we can alone; Respect We take the time to understand and make decisions and have due regard for the feelings, wishes and rights of others. Excellence We will always strive for continuous improvement and will produce the best solutions and deliver the best services possible.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c88a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/040523-2024
- 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
- £5,700,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,700,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Dec 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2025 - 31 Jul 2030 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
- CHEVIOT LEARNING TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1276673880
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- Postcode
- NE13 9BA
- Post Town
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC42 Northumberland
- Delivery Location
- TLC2 Northumberland, and Tyne and Wear
-
- Local Authority
- Northumberland
- Electoral Ward
- South Tynedale
- Westminster Constituency
- Hexham
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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