--- title: "Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "DALES ACADEMY TRUST" published: "2023-09-14" --- # Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust Buyer: DALES ACADEMY TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03fca8.json) ## Summary The Dales Academy Trust, a UK-based body governed by public law, has issued a tender for catering services across their network of fourteen schools in Stockton and North Yorkshire. The Trust aims to improve food quality, promote healthy eating, and enhance the overall dining experience for pupils. The procurement method is an open procedure with a contract duration of 36 months and optional extensions, with the tender closing on October 9, 2023. This tender presents an opportunity for catering businesses specialising in school meal provision to engage with the Dales Academy Trust. Companies with experience in delivering nutritious and appealing meals to primary school students, along with a strong focus on customer service and community engagement, would be well-suited to compete for this contract. The Trust emphasises the importance of compliance with government food standards, active marketing, and collaboration with schools to enhance pupils' dining experience and education about food and nutrition. ## Notice Dales Academies Trust consisting of three Schools in Stockton and eleven Schools in North Yorkshire, have decided to tender their primary school catering services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered as a group. The Trust are open to creative and alternative provision plans. The Trust 's main aims for the new contract are to have a catering service that: * Offers food that consistently looks and tastes appetising and is attractively presented. * Encourages pupils to take a heathy and balanced meal, actively working towards reducing packed lunches * Provides menus are suitable for a primary school. * Provides food that fully complies with the Government Standards. Consultation with each school is to be encouraged however the health eating requirements should be the focus of menus. * Encourages a higher number of pupils to use the lunch service where appropriate including all those entitled to free meals. * A proactive approach to marketing, community engagement, food education * Consultation with parents and pupils to illicit feedback. * Is operated by a catering team who are reliable, well-motivated, managed, trained and developed. * Is managed by a strong contractor area manager, who will develop and lead the team to deliver a customer service focused offer and spend a substantial amount of time on site, especially at the outset, to facilitate this. * Is proactively managed and requires minimal management from the Schools' leadership teams. * Facilitates a dining experience for the pupils that is pleasurable and calm and positively encourages the eating of all their food and developing good table manners and social skills. The idea that the pupil is treated by the catering team in the same manner as they would treat their own children at home. * Shares best practices between Schools and catering teams about all aspects of the catering service * Is professionally marketed and promoted to the mutual benefit of the pupils, parents, Schools, and contractor. * Demonstrates a flexible approach to all School activities and supports aspects of the curriculum as appropriate, including positively contributing to the education of pupils about food and nutrition. * Is managed by an organisation who works with the Trust in partnership to move the service forward together. * Achieves best value and eliminates any subsidies as far as is realistically possible. two.1.6) Information about lotsII.1.6) Information about lots This contract is divided into lots: No ### Lot Information Lot 1 Please request ITT for further information Renewal: 2x12 months ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027191-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Sep 2023 | | Submission deadline | 9 Oct 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | 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 | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DALES ACADEMY TRUST | | Locality | CLEAVELAND | | Post town | Cleveland | | Postcode | TS17 5BL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLC3 Tees Valley | | ITL 3 | TLC31 Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees | | Local authority | Stockton-on-Tees | | Electoral ward | Ingleby Barwick South | | Westminster constituency | Stockton West | | Delivery location | TLE2 North Yorkshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services ### Codes - 55524000 - School catering services ## Release History - 14 Sep 2023 at 10:36 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027191-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://redboccs.com - https://redboxcs.com - https://redboxcs.com/contact-us.html ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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