--- title: "Crown Hills Community College ~ Catering Tender" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "CROWN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE" published: "2023-02-17" --- # Crown Hills Community College ~ Catering Tender Buyer: CROWN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-02eb79.json) ## Summary The Crown Hills Community College in Leicester has issued a tender for catering services. The contract duration is three years starting from April 2022, with an option for a two-year extension. The school seeks a contractor to provide catering services for students and staff, focusing on innovation and healthy food options. The procurement method is a selective procedure, and the award status is currently 'cancelled'. The tender period ended on 15th November 2021, with the second stage invitation date set for 6th December 2021. This catering tender by Crown Hills Community College presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in school catering services. Small or medium enterprises (SMEs) with a focus on innovative food concepts and quality service provision are well-suited to compete. The College values aspirations, commitment, and success, and expects the successful contractor to align with its ethos of supporting students' development and providing a positive learning environment. Interested bidders should ensure compliance with the procurement criteria and submission deadlines outlined in the tender specifications. ## Notice Crown Hills Community College is a secondary School in Leicester, with more than 1200 pupils and more than 200 staff members. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Crown Hills Community College mission is very simple: they want every student to be the best they can be, thrive in the best possible career and contribute positively to society. The College have three key values that drive this mission. The three values are: aspiration, commitment and success - these are demonstrated throughout the College on a daily basis as the College's governors, staff and students, live their everyday lives by them. This is a College where each child will fulfil their true potential and emerge as confident and articulate citizens, proud of who they are and ready to contribute globally. The College ask students to look beyond their current locality and treat the world as their back garden. Every child has a special and natural talent that is unique to them and the College will support and nurture that talent, so that the students become the best that they can be. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from April 2022 until 31 March 2025, with the option to extend the contract term for a further term of up to two years and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the College a guaranteed cost per annum for the provision of catering services. Sovereignty of the cash tariff is to remain with the College for the duration of this contract. Catering Income 2018/2019 Income Pupil paid meals ~ PS185,369.97 FSM & Hospitality ~ PS 84,374.96 Total~ PS269,744.93 The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the teaching and support staff and students on roll, all of whom have a focus on the introduction of exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of tastes and including those with specific dietary requirements. The College would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly. The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within College, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch and all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free Student meals and hospitality will be charged based on consumption and at net food cost. The College expects the successful contractor to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative and healthy food service, with fresh, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients being prepared on-site. The College also expects the successful tenderer to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement its values and support the principles of Keeping Children Safe in Education. Crown Hills Community College believes that the quality of catering provision is intrinsically linked to a successful learning environment. Due to the recent establishment that capital depreciation constitutes an embedded finance lease, inward capital investment is not a requirement of this tender. Finance leases are strictly prohibited by the Academies Handbook and thus entering into such an agreement would mean that Schools are in breach of their funding agreements. It is appreciated that a level of investment may be identified as a requirement of your bid and therefore bidders are encouraged to provide details of such requirements by providing detailed information of the equipment necessary within their tender response, to include the equipment make, model and cost and also a justification of how this equipment will assist in fulfilling the proposal and potential of the service. See the SQ Document for more details. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004874-2023 | | 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 | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | 15 Nov 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 17 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 31 Mar 2027 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,348,724 | | Lots value | £1,348,724 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Cancelled | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Unsuccessful | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CROWN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE5 5FT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Spinney Hills | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | TLF21 Leicester | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services ### Codes - 55524000 - School catering services ## Release History - 17 Feb 2023 at 12:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004874-2023 - 13 Oct 2021 at 15:15 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025612-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=760774824 - https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Leicester:-School-catering-services./9BBX23P55N - https://www.crownhills.com/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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