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title: "Prince William School - Catering Services"
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current_stage: "Award"
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# Prince William School - Catering Services

Buyer: THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9b70f6c0-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

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## Summary

The Litmus Partnership Ltd is seeking providers for catering services at Prince William School, located in Oundle, England. This public procurement opportunity involves a three-year contract, commencing on 1 August 2016 and concluding on 31 July 2019. This tender is currently in the award stage, with a total contract value of approximately £2,017,042. The procurement method employed is a selective restricted procedure, and interested parties were required to submit their pre-qualification questionnaires by 11 September 2015.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses in the catering sector, particularly those with experience in school catering services. Companies capable of providing flexible and quality food options, while sourcing ingredients from local suppliers within a 20-mile radius of the school, will be well-suited to compete. The initiative also encourages investment in the school's catering facilities, promising a mutually beneficial arrangement that can lead to long-term operational partnerships and enhance customer engagement through quality service delivery.

## Notice

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at Prince William School. The duration of the contract being offered is 3 years commencing on 1.8.2016 and concluding on 31.7.2021. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering and vending services within the School, whichalso includes all hospitality and free issue requirements. The contract being offered within this tender will be based on a guaranteed performance basis with all fee issuerequirements and hospitality being recharged on consumption at 'net' food cost only. Prince William is a large Secondary School within Oundle and in September 2015 will enrol a further 2 yeargroups, at the same time the restaurant has undergone an extensive refurbishment. It is expected that the contract will continue to run on a profit return with no subsidy ~ there is no subsidyassociated with the contract. The School are looking for the successful tenderer to provide inward capital investment to refresh andrejuvenate the catering facilities thus improving on the current provision and ensure that the amount of timespent queuing by pupils is reduced within all break periods. It is also hoped that an exterior food service pointcan be established along with a bespoke food offer within the sixth form centre. The quality of food provision will be critical and indeed your organisation must be flexible enough to sourcebakery, meat, fruit and vegetables and dairy products through local suppliers based no more than 20 miles fromthe school. It is expected that menus will feature and utilise products in season when available. Customer engagement will be fundamental to the continuous improvement in the service provision and withinyour tender response your methodology to this will need to be detailed along with examples of where this hasbeen undertaken within similar contracts recently. The successful contractor should have similar operations within the local area thus ensuring that the OperationalManagement Team responsible for the contract is available for regular unplanned visits and support for thecontract, and that coverage for any planned or unplanned leave from within the establishment staffing structurecan be easily provided. Additional information: Interest in the pre-qualification process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number. The pre-qualification questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/prince_william_school The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 11.9.2015 (12:00). Tenderers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time. Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk, by the above closing date and time. It will be the Tenderer's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this OJEU notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf1b2d1f-7b4f-410d-9cc2-dee2e73cbbdc |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 May 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 11 Sep 2015 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Jun 2016 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2016 - 31 Jul 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £10,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,017,042 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE LITMUS PARTNERSHIP LTD |
| Locality | OUNDLE |
| Post town | Peterborough |
| Postcode | PE8 4BS |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF25 North Northamptonshire |
| Local authority | North Northamptonshire |
| Electoral ward | Oundle |
| Westminster constituency | Corby and East Northamptonshire |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACCENT CATERING SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 23 May 2017 at 10:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf1b2d1f-7b4f-410d-9cc2-dee2e73cbbdc
- 18 Nov 2016 at 20:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5974c0ca-6c5e-4e33-9cae-5b50201bd598

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bf1b2d1f-7b4f-410d-9cc2-dee2e73cbbdc
  23rd May 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5974c0ca-6c5e-4e33-9cae-5b50201bd598
  27th July 2015 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/prince_william_school
  Prince William School ~ PQQ Documentation

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