School Tills (Market Engagement)

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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council seeks early engagement with a view to replacing the tills in its school dining areas before August 2021. The tills are managed by Solihull Catering Services. Solihull Catering Services is part of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, and provides catering services to approximately 109 Schools within Solihull, Coventry and Worcestershire. The breakdown of Schools is as follows: 1. Solihull approximately 64 infant and primary, 9 secondary 2. Coventry - 24 infant and Primary 3. Worcestershire - 1 Primary. The till contract is currently on an extension period and will be extended further until a new contract is in place. As part of this consultation we want to engage with providers to understand the possibilities on the type of till solution which might be best placed to deliver a quality schools catering service. The previous roll out of a till system took approximately 2 years to plan and implement including the introduction of a cashless catering system, hence the need now for an early market engagement. Early engagement will involve meeting key members of the catering department and the project team in a 1 to 1 supplier meeting at Sans Souci Training Centre in Solihull in April or May 2018. Meetings should be no longer than 1.5 hours and a maximum of 3 representatives from each organisation or partnership would be invited to attend. Meetings will be scheduled on a 1st come, 1st served basis and you should indicate your 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference for the date and time on the Expression of Interest sheet. The consultation will require a presentation by interested parties with a demonstration of a possible solution for SMBC. All information provided will be treated with confidentiality.