Supply of Externally Hosted School Nutritional Catering Software and Associated Services

Tender description

Derbyshire County Council is seeking Quote Responses to provide an externally hosted web-based Solution to assist the Catering Service with school menu creation. The Council's school meals must meet the Government's statutory requirements for School Food Standards, which came into force on 1st January 2015. http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/standards/ The Council is seeking an initial Contract period of 4 years, with options to extend on an annual basis for up to 3 additional years. The Council requires an externally hosted web-based Solution to provide, as a minimum, the following functionality: · Analysis of menus, comparing the content to food groups and nutritional standards; · Allows Users to create their own recipe bank including sub-recipes; · Incorporate the McCance and Widdowson database; · Calculate carbohydrate and fat content of menus and dishes; · Provide a search functionality for specific ingredients; · Functionality to edit/customise food group standards to specific age groups; · Analyse allergens within the menu and offer alternatives; and · Functionality to edit titles and customise specific reports. Training will be required to allow Administrators to reach the appropriate standard of expertise for the Solution. The initial contract term is 4 years with options to extend annually to take the contract up to a maximum total of 7 years. It is expected that the Contract will be a maximum value of twenty four thousand pounds for the initial contract term, but the estimated range of twenty four thousand to thirty six thousand includes all possible extensions and options.