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title: "Icknield High School ~ Catering Services Tender"
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# Icknield High School ~ Catering Services Tender

Buyer: ICKNIELD HIGH SCHOOL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034d91

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## Summary

The Icknield High School is seeking a supplier for catering services under a procurement tender. The contract period is from 1st January 2023 to 31st August 2026, with a potential extension for two years. The successful supplier will need to provide services for approximately 1450 pupils and 125 staff. The procurement method is a selective procedure with a restricted process. The school is located in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire and falls under the services procurement category.

This catering services tender from Icknield High School presents an opportunity for businesses, especially those in the food industry or catering services sector, to expand their clientele and revenue streams. Businesses looking to offer innovative and high-quality catering services to schools would be well-suited to compete. The contract value is substantial, providing a lucrative opportunity for suppliers who can meet the school's requirements and demonstrate excellence in their services. Being part of the procurement process at this stage can lead to long-term partnerships with the school and potential for further extensions of the contract.

## Notice

The successful supplier will provide catering services at Icknield High School.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Catering at Icknield High School (the School) is currently being operated in-house, and is generally regarded by stakeholders as being competent but frustratingly far away from the offers presented by other local schools. The catering service does seem to be lacking in confidence and style, which should be standard additional components for a large secondary school in 2022, post Covid. The kitchen facility and available front of house areas, are functional and traditional, and are in need of some investment and refresh to underpin better quality in food and merchandising but there is potential to develop the service in a number of ways: *A menu offer that is more attractive to more pupils - offering more variety and more on trend content to satisfy government guidelines for secondary feeding *Increased skills and confidence in the catering team *Increased compliance and control of supply chain *Improved food hygiene and food safety practices *Better communication and with pupils and parents to develop trust by improving all aspects of the customer journey, from card loading, menu presentation, marketing and merchandising to point of sale All the above factors are components in providing a future catering offer that the school can be proud of, along with a confident and skill-enhanced catering team and improved commercial outputs for the school. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities. Commencing in January 2023, the Supplier will deliver catering services to around 1450 pupils and 125 staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements. The School would wish the successful Supplier to review the current range of services offered, as well as to looking at the delivery of the current catering service and make recommendations accordingly. The contract being tendered is for three years and two terms in duration - from 1st January 2023 to 31st August 2026 with the option to extend for a further two years, the extension would only be for 1 year at a time and will operate as a cost plus with guarantees contract, with the successful Supplier offering the Trust guaranteed lines or the caterer offering a guaranteed annual return for the provision of catering services. The school will maintain sovereignty of tariff throughout the contract and will work in partnership with the contractor to address any operational issues. See SQ Document for further information.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011258-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Aug 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2023 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,120,000 |
| Lots value | £1,120,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £867,213 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ICKNIELD HIGH SCHOOL |
| Locality | BEDFORDSHIRE |
| Post town | Luton |
| Postcode | LU3 2AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLH21 Luton |
| Local authority | Luton |
| Electoral ward | Bramingham |
| Westminster constituency | Luton North |
| Delivery location | TLH2 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HCL (HERTFORDSHIRE CATERING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 19 Apr 2023 at 15:04 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011258-2023
- 4 Jul 2022 at 12:37 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018153-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=776493534
- https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/H47D99GDKM
- https://www.icknield.beds.sch.uk/

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