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title: "Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust"
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# Catering Services-Dales Academy Trust

Buyer: DALES ACADEMY TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0410bb

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## Summary

Within the public procurement process conducted by Dales Academy Trust, the recent awarded contract for Catering Services covered multiple schools including Croft, Barton, Middleton Tyas, and Eppleby Fawcett Primary Schools. The procurement was completed on 20th December 2023, and the contract is now active. The Trust aimed to enhance the catering experience for pupils, ensuring attractive and nutritious meals that meet Government Standards. The planned contract duration is 36 months with the option for 2x12 months extension periods, facilitating potential growth opportunities for businesses offering school catering services.

The open tender initiated by Dales Academy Trust for catering services provides a lucrative opportunity for businesses in the food industry, particularly those focusing on school catering services. By prioritizing high-quality food standards, community engagement, and educational support, this tender encourages innovative and customer-oriented service providers. Businesses with expertise in marketing, nutrition education, team management, and collaborative partnership approaches are well-suited to compete for this contract, aligning their services with the Trust's vision and requirements.

## 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.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Catering Services for Croft, Barton, Middleton Tyas and Eppleby Fawcett Primary Schools

Options: Option to extend 2 x 12 months.

Renewal: Option to extend 2 x 12 months.

Lot 2

Catering Services for Ainderby Steeple, East Cowton, Kirkby Fleetham, South Otterington Primary Schools. Plus new to the trust - Northallerton School.

Options: Option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.

Renewal: Option to extend for 2 x 12 month periods.

Lot 3

Catering services for Thornaby C of E Primary and Thornaby St Francis primary Schools

Options: Option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

Renewal: Option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

Lot 4

School Catering services for Carnagill, Ravensworth, Richmond primary Schools

Options: 2x 12 month extensions

Renewal: Option to extend by 2 x 12 months.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001545-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| 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 | 17 Jan 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Nov 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £551,912 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DALES ACADEMY TRUST |
| 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 | TLC1 Tees Valley and Durham, TLE2 North Yorkshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DALES ACADEMIES TRUST |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 17 Jan 2024 at 09:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001545-2024
- 31 Oct 2023 at 17:57 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032212-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://redboccs.com
- https://www.dalesmat.org/

## Provenance

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