School catering services

Tender description

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at St Peter's School in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the School, which currently includes morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free School meals and hospitality will be charged based on consumption and at net food cost. The contract being tendered is from 1.1.2016 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 1 065 students on roll and 145 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements. The School would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly. The successful Contractor will offer the School a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of catering services. Sovereignty of the cash tariff is to remain with St Peter's School for the duration of this contract. Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price.