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title: "Tender for the Management of the Catering Services at The Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust"
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# Tender for the Management of the Catering Services at The Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust

Buyer: BRIGHTER FUTURES LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0308e2

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## Summary

The Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust has completed a tender for managing the catering services across seven schools located in Doncaster, United Kingdom. The process aimed to review potential financial and qualitative benefits and ensure consistency in service delivery. This tender, classified under 'School catering services', involved an open procurement method with submissions accepted until 25th February 2022. Key activities included site visits for bidders, a contractor and Trust leadership call, and various deadlines for clarifications and bid submissions, with the contract set to commence on 1st September 2022.

This catering contract presents significant opportunities for growth, especially for companies specialising in school catering and food services. Vendors that can offer innovative, high-quality, and nutritious meal options, alongside effective management and proactive communication skills, will be well-positioned to compete. The emphasis on enhancing the dining experience for students and staff, as well as increased marketing and investment into the services, indicates a strong potential for successful suppliers to establish long-term partnerships with the Trust.

## Notice

The Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust has decided to tender their catering services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered through this process and align the services across the Trust. The Schools involved are: * Barnby Dun Primary School * Dunsville Primary School * Kirk Sandall Infant School * Kirk Sandall Junior School * West Road Primary School * Doncaster UTC * Hungerhill School

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Trust's objectives for the new contract are as follows:- * A catering service that is well managed and requires minimal involvement from the Trust's management team. * A strong Contractor Area Manager who will develop and lead the team to deliver exceptional customer service, a consistently high quality food offer and spend a substantial amount of time on site at the outset to undertake this. If possible, the Trust would like a dedicated person to manage the 7 schools. * A Contractor who is proactive in their relationship management with the Trust, with good communication with key staff in each school. * Investment in the Trust's Catering service through increased marketing, equipment to enhance the services and educational events in return for a tenure of contract. * A higher number of students and staff using the facilities by providing a high quality, affordable and nutritious meal. * A catering service that encourages students to take a heathy and balanced meal. * Food and drinks that look appetising and are attractively presented. * A hospitality service that will help showcase the Trust through events to parents and visitors. * A Contractor that adopts a flexible and proactive approach to all Trust activities. * A service that is professionally merchandised and marketed with discretion and to the mutual benefit of the Trust and the Contractor. * A Contractor that operates using the optimum level of staffing.

Renewal: The option to extend is for two, one year extensions at the end of the initial contract period. Any investment must be depreciated over the initial contract period of 36 months. Renewals will not be made to extend the recovery period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013422-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 May 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 25 Feb 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 May 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BRIGHTER FUTURES LEARNING PARTNERSHIP TRUST |
| Locality | DONCASTER |
| Post town | Doncaster |
| Postcode | DN3 2JY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE3 South Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE35 Doncaster |
| Local authority | Doncaster |
| Electoral ward | Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall |
| Westminster constituency | Doncaster Central |
| Delivery location | TLE31 Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MELLORS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 15894210 - School meals
- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 19 May 2022 at 09:20 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013422-2022
- 10 Jan 2022 at 09:18 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000586-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.redboxcs.com
- https://www.brighterfutureslpt.com/

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