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title: "Lighthouse Schools Partnership ~ Catering & Hospitality Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0354ad"
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# Lighthouse Schools Partnership ~ Catering & Hospitality Tender

Buyer: LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0354ad

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## Summary

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is awarding a contract for catering and hospitality services. The procurement process, which is currently in the award stage, involves providing these services to thirty schools split into four hubs located in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, and Bristol/Bath area. The contract value is £17,759,035.86 GBP, and it was signed on 31st January 2023. The successful supplier is Aspens Services Ltd. The contracting authority is the Lighthouse Schools Partnership, a public body specialising in education services.

This tender opportunity presents a significant chance for businesses in the catering and hospitality industry, particularly those experienced in providing services to educational institutions. The contract requires innovative solutions to meet high-quality food service standards across multiple schools. Suppliers need to focus on sustainability and environmental sensitivity to align with the Partnership's policies. The duration of the contract is three years with a possible extension, fostering long-term business growth opportunities for successful bidders.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for the Lighthouse Schools Partnership. Thirty schools are part of this tender and are split into four hubs (please see below) we are seeking tender submissions on a hub-by-hub basis or for the whole contract (four hubs), however the Lighthouse Schools Partnership reserves the right to award the contract should it be deemed prudent in lots of one, two, three or four hubs.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Lighthouse Schools Partnership is well established Multi Academy Trust situated in North Somerset and Bath & North East Somerset, will include at the commencement to this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2026, with the option to extend for a further term excluding the right to further extend. The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the Trust. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across all Schools. Regular customer and parental engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils moving forwards into this contract term. The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise a truly local supply chain and the farming" belt" in the North Somerset/BANES/Bristol area to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products The contract at each school will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) with all universal free school meals and free school meals charged to the client monthly at net food cost only. All hospitality is to be charged on a net food cost basis. The approximate cost of the contract currently per annum is PS900,000.00 plus VAT The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor's organisation, thus working to deliver the Lighthouse Schools Partnership's environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of the Lighthouse Schools Partnership. The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is complete at all times and staff turnover is kept to a minimum The Multi Academy Trust is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide this service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for the Lighthouse Schools Partnership at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT. Please note: Further schools may be added to the contract during the tender process and during the life of the contract as detailed above. 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/010843-2023 |
| 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 | 14 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,400,000 |
| Lots value | £5,400,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £17,759,035 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | LIGHTHOUSE SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP |
| Locality | Not specified |
| Post town | Not specified |
| Postcode | Not specified |
| Country | Not specified |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area |

## 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

- 14 Apr 2023 at 15:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010843-2023
- 22 Jul 2022 at 09:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019973-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=775588363
- https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Portishead:-School-catering-services./E28TR5Q86H
- https://www.lsp.org.uk/

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