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title: "St Paul's School for Girls ~ Catering Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-035548"
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# St Paul's School for Girls ~ Catering Tender

Buyer: ST PAUL'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035548

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## Summary

The St Paul's School for Girls has awarded a catering contract to Cleverchefs. The contract, which falls under the School catering services category, is worth 1,744,651.70 GBP and was signed on 13th February 2023. The contract duration is from 1st April 2023 until 31st March 2026, with an option for further extension. The successful Supplier will need to provide catering services to the school, incorporating high-quality service levels and an environmentally sensitive approach. The procurement method employed was selective, with the contracting authority being St Paul's School for Girls, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

This awarded contract presents a lucrative business opportunity for catering service providers, especially those focused on school catering services. The contract value, along with the potential for extension, offers a stable revenue stream for interested businesses. Suppliers with a track record in delivering high-quality catering services, innovative solutions for sustainability, and a commitment to sourcing from local supply chains could be well-suited to compete for this opportunity. Additionally, companies adept at engaging customers digitally and promoting environmentally friendly practices aligning with St Paul's School for Girls' environmental policies could find this tender particularly appealing.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Paul's School for Girls (the Client). The contract covers the scope for the provision of all school catering services, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

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 school. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, all service periods resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food offered at all times. 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 from the Birmingham 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 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 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 St Paul's School for Girls environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of St Paul's School for Girls. 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. It is our objective to reduce this subsidy during this contract term by encouraging more of the pupils to use the school catering facilities. Any inward investment should be detailed within the tender submission and also what impact this will have on the school catering facilities. The current annual budgeted cost of the contract is PS50,000.00 per annum inclusive of all subsidies and FSMs.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011364-2023 |
| 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 | 20 Apr 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 9 Sep 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2023 - 24 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £300,000 |
| Lots value | £300,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,744,651 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ST PAUL'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS |
| Locality | EDGBASTON |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B16 9SL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | North Edgbaston |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Edgbaston |
| Delivery location | TLG31 Birmingham |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 20 Apr 2023 at 13:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011364-2023
- 25 Jul 2022 at 11:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020128-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=776759672
- https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Edgbaston:-School-catering-services./VAAS9N4U87
- https://www.stpaulgl.bham.sch.uk/

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