School catering services

Tender description

This tender process is targeted for contract in place to commence in 9.2018. Note: this process covers all catering services within the Learning for Life Partnership Schools. The process includes creation of a select bidder list following SQ process (within which the scoring criteria is included). SQ and tender documents are available electronically via the email address in Section 1 and the URL address noted in the same section. Following analysis of SQ’s, select bidders will attend a site survey and briefing in April. Tender response deadline is planned for 5.2018 and interviews (if required) will take place in June. The contract will be for a 3 + 1 + 1 year period (5 years in total). This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence on 1.9.2018 for initially 3 schools across Cheshire East. The process will include the creation of a select bidder list following analysis of SQ documents (within which the scoring criteria will be included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering service and support required by the trust. Labour resource/ relief cover is very important. We have set a Minimum level of turnover for this tender at 250 000 GBP which takes into account the contract turnover and cash flow associations. This is a discretionary pass/fail question on the basis that we will consider any additional guarantees and formal assurances such as parent company guarantors or similar which must be included to support any submission. We have set a minimum Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance of 10 000 000 GBP. The SQ document is available electronically via request to the email address in Section 1 and the URL address noted in the same section. The contract will be for a 3 + 1 + 1 year period (5 years in total including the option to extend for the 1 + 1 years). The tender timetable will be detailed in the tender documents and is targeted at release of documents and site visit in 4.2018 with tender responses by mid-late May and bidder interviews and contract award decision in June.