School catering services

Tender description

The successful tenderer/s will be required to provide catering and cleaning services at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne. The contract will commence on 1.9.2016 for 5 years. There are currently 1 558 students, 102 teaching and 60 FTE Support staff at the School. Currently the catering and cleaning services are provided by Sodexo. The School is open to looking at either 1 contractor to manage both services or to offer the services to different specialist contractors. The School are actively developing and marketing their services to outside companies and organisations and they would be looking for the contractor to support this function in both catering and cleaning requirements that benefit both parties. The current catering services are: Mid-morning break 11:00 - 11:20; Lunch 1:20 - 2:10; Cafe Coffee Bar 9:00 - 2:00; The services are operated as a cashless catering operation, with the exception of the Cafe which also accepts cash. The current annual turnover including Free School Meals is approximately 230 000 GBP plus 4 000 GBP per month sales in the Cafe Coffee Bar. The Cafe Coffee Bar has been open since October 2015 and is located by a leisure centre in the school grounds. 6th Form pupils and the general public can use the Cafe Coffee Bar. Objectives — Create a partnership with the School and work collaboratively towards common goals. — Meet DFE Nutritional guidelines as a minimum. — Provide provision for the whole business requirements, including income generation activities without losing focus on the students. Cleaning is undertaken after school, and supported by 6th form pupils. The cleaning requirement is to clean 14096.63 square metres. The annual contract value is approximately 160 000 GBP. Objectives — Create a partnership with the School and work collaboratively towards common goals; — Provide outstanding cleaning services to maintain our exceptional built environment; — Provide employment opportunities for our Post 16 students.