Published Date: 29 May 2018
Tender Status: active
Tender Opening Date: 29 May 2018
Tender Closing Date: 6 July 2018
Award Date: n/a
Contract Start Date: n/a
Contract End Date: n/a
Contract is suitable for SMEs: Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs: No
Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) Contract Type: Services
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Wheelers Lane Technology College.
Wheelers Lane is an 11-16 comprehensive school for circa 635 boys, located in Kings Heath, Birmingham. We are proud of our achievements to date yet committed to continual improvement. We have an outstanding record of year-on-year improvement, not only in academic performance but also in attendance, behaviour and enrichment opportunities. We are a forward thinking community; working together to ensure a successful future for all our students.
We believe in partnership. We are in the exciting position of educating our boys in a contemporary, stimulating building with superb facilities across all curriculum areas. We have strong links with local schools and the wider community and are committed to the belief that we should work together to ensure the best outcomes for all our young people.
Wheelers Lane Technology College agrees that school food standards provide an important nutritional safety net, and agrees that all food and drink provided by or on behalf of the Client shall comply with the school food standards legislation. Similarly compliance to new GDPR and recent allergen legislation are deemed critical to ensure the overall quality of the catering service is appropriate.
The guaranteed performance contract will commence on 1.1.2019 for an initial period of 3 years, with the opportunity to extend for a further period of 2 years at the discretion of the college governing body. This is the first time the market has been tested for the catering service.
The Client expects the successful Supplier to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, with fresh, seasonal, locally sourced ingredients being prepared in the well-appointed kitchen on-site. The Client expects the successful Supplier to evidence, through their bid, how they shall support and complement their stated target. The Client requires year 1 menus to be fully compliant with the Food for Life Silver standard.
The contract covers the scope for the provision of catering services, which currently includes: morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Meals shall be charged at 2,45 GBP on consumption for the first year of the contract, with Free School Meals, hospitality and free issues at net cost. There are no Free Staff Meals.
The Client intends to focus heavily on healthy, fresh, seasonal, locally sourced produce and sees the catering service as an exciting opportunity to complement the overall pupil experience, through the regular introduction of new ingredients, themed and promotional events. The successful Supplier will be required to play their part in acting as a catalyst for improvement of the pupil experience.
Further information is provided in the SQ Documentation.
Contact name: The Litmus Partnership
Address: Wheelers Lane Technology College Wheelers Lane, Kings Heath
Birmingham
B13 0SF
England
Telephone: n/a
Fax: n/a
Email: [email protected]
Price Range: £965,000
