School catering services

Tender description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Parklands High School. Parklands is an 11-16 mixed, non-selective, standalone Academy located in Chorley, Lancashire. The school is justifiably proud of its tradition as a caring, forward-looking, successful school which is constantly seeking out ways of improving upon and extending the range of opportunities it offers to its pupils and the community. The school has approximately 1 100 pupils who are currently catered for through one kitchen and dining area. There is a biometric cashless catering system in place. The school promotes healthy eating and expects its catering partner to be proactive in offering choices that support healthy eating and in promoting healthy eating to pupils and staff. There is also a requirement for hospitality provision, some of which may be in the evenings. The Client is keen to ensure that best value is received from the catering contract and to this end is seeking expressions of interest from Suppliers who are experienced in managing catering services within the education sector and specifically for secondary schools. The successful Supplier will be able to demonstrate that it has the resource and expertise within this geographic area to support the contract. The contract will commence on the 1.9.2017 for an initial period of 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years. Contract value is approximately 570 000 GBP.