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title: "West Park School ~ Catering services tender"
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# West Park School ~ Catering services tender

Buyer: WEST PARK SCHOOL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02cbd3

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## Summary

The West Park School is seeking catering services through a procurement process. The tender, titled "West Park School ~ Catering services tender," falls under the services category with a main procurement category of School catering services. The contract covers catering services at the school including breakfast, lunch, and hospitality, with a focus on healthy, fresh, locally sourced food. The procurement method is selective using a Restricted procedure. The contract was awarded to Aspens Services Ltd on 27th April 2022 with a total contract value of £1,275,316.

This tender opportunity for catering services at West Park School presents a chance for businesses, especially SMEs in the catering sector, to compete and potentially grow their operations. The successful contractor is expected to have a local operational presence and provide innovative, healthy food services. The School aims to enhance the student experience by introducing new ingredients and themed events. Businesses looking to cater healthy, locally sourced meals would find this tender suitable, given the School's emphasis on nutrition and wellbeing.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for West Park School.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for West Park School. The percentage of our pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is: 13.68% of the total number on roll of1454 pupils. The catering contract being offered will commence on 1 August 2022 for an initial period of three years, concluding on 31 July 2025, and will be offered on a guaranteed performance basis, with a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days. West Park School catering aims: *To ensure that the whole school community understands the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet in promoting health and wellbeing. *To offer pupils and staff a range of value for money options, suitable for all customer's budgets to maximise uptake of the catering service. *To stimulate pupil interest in the service through promotions, variety, new foods and links between to the curriculum. The School has had the same catering contractor for a significant number of years and this is the first time the contract has been placed at competitive tender for over 5 years. Annual catering revenue for the year ending 31 July 2019 was PS347,546. (Last full year trading pre-Covid) The successful contractor is expected to have a local operational presence, as specialist caterers in the Secondary School sector. The contract covers the scope for the provision of catering services within the School, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free school meals and hospitality will be charged at cost price, based on consumption. The School expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, prepared on-site. See SQ Document for further details. The School intends to focus heavily on healthy, fresh, seasonal, locally sourced produce and sees the catering service as an exciting opportunity to complement the overall student experience, through the regular introduction of new ingredients, themed and promotional events. The successful contractor will be required to play their part in acting as a catalyst for improvement of the pupil experience. The successful contractor will work closely with the School to manage the provision of catering and the overall 'meal experience'.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026705-2022 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Sep 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 26 Apr 2022 |
| Contract period | 31 Jul 2022 - 31 Jul 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,042,638 |
| Lots value | £1,042,638 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,275,316 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST PARK SCHOOL |
| Locality | DERBYSHIRE |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE21 7BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Spondon |
| Westminster constituency | Mid Derbyshire |
| Delivery location | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ASPENS SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 23 Sep 2022 at 13:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026705-2022
- 23 Jul 2021 at 13:15 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017509-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=714732316
- https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/GG87E4HD9Q
- https://www.westpark.derby.sch.uk/

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