School catering services

Tender description

Greenhead College enjoys a national reputation for excellence within the UK Sixth Form sector. It is not just the best designated College for A Levels in Yorkshire and the Humber but 1 of the top 5 Colleges in the country. Students make exceptional progress and achieve high grades, opening the door to top universities, advanced modern apprenticeships and employment. The College has approximately 2 300 students and 150 full and part time staff. Catering services are directly managed at present and the College wish to consider potential benefits of outsourcing of the service to a professional, innovative and well resourced catering organisation. The College are targetting a possible contract commencement date of April 2020. Expressions of interest are invited from professional catering organisations to provide innovative and sector-leading services for pupils, staff and visitors at Greenhead College. Services will include daily brunch, branded coffee shop, lunch, and a quality hospitality offer — delivered by a combination of assisted counter service, retail shop and a small requirement for automatic vending. The College is currently undertaking a design review of facilities and a student research exercise. The results of this will be included within the tender documents — important information in respect of how facilities currently meet student needs, average spend and out of college/brand food preferences. Bidders will have opportunity to consider the extent to which they can support development of facilities and services through focused capital investment as part of their proposal. It is likely that the provider will be required to introduce full PDQ payment options alongside an EPOS system capable of transacting bursary payments using existing student ID cards. Where awarded, it is envisaged that a contract will operate on a guaranteed performance basis with a 3-year term (plus the option of 2 x 1-year extension periods thereafter subject to further mutual agreement). The aim is to commence the contract in April 2020. Tenderers should be aware that the provisions of TUPE may apply and that in the event of a transfer of affected staff there would be a requirement for the successful tenderer to complete an admission agreement with the School and the West Yorkshire Pension Fund to ensure continuity of comparable pension terms for all staff that are currently fund members. The College will commission an assessment via the Fund Actuary and aim to issue the employer supplement with the tender pack to shortlisted tenderers. As a first step, interested organisations should please register their interest and details via email only to tenders@wilkinsonica.co.uk A selection questionnaire will then be issued to those expressing interest. Please note that the College reserves the right not to award a contract, either wholly or in part and reserves the right to cease a procurement process at any time.