School catering services

Tender description

Harris Federation is consistently one of the top performing multi-academy trusts. Each year as we have grown, the expectations we have set ourselves have increased. 68 % of all of our academies inspected so far have been graded as outstanding (compared to 20 % nationally) with the rest judged as good. 84 % of our secondary academies have been judged as outstanding so far. The federation is continually growing and taking on more schools. There are 3 additional schools that will be opening from September 2018. Harris Academy Wimbledon, Harris Academy Sutton and Harris Professional Skills 6th Form. The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services for the Harris Federation at the schools as detailed below. The procurement process will result in the schools’ catering provision being awarded as one single contract. The contract, which will be nil cost guaranteed as a minimum and will be based on a Litmus contract, will commence on 1 September 2018 and will be awarded on a 3 + 2 years basis. The cash and free school meal sales listed by each school are from academic year 2016/17. The current catering contract is operated on an overall nil cost basis. Further information is provided in the SQ document.