School catering services

Tender description

The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services to nine primary/nursery schools based in the London borough of Westminster (see section I): contracting authority). Collectively, the nine primary schools with approximately 1 600 pupils have all formed a cluster (namely cluster 9) for the purposes of conducting a tender exercise that will extract them from the existing council group contract. Further details on each participating school can be found their corresponding dedicated website. Basis of contract The cluster of nine schools wishes to participate in a tender process with the intention of appointing a supplier to deliver full catering services. The contract will commence on 11 April 2020 and will be for an initial period of 3 years plus an option to extend up to a maximum of 5 years. In order to deliver best value, the contract will be awarded either on a group or individual ‘fully inclusive fixed meal price’ basis The estimated turnover to be GBP 1 575 000 (over 3 years for the initial period). Objectives The appointed supplier will have significant experience of delivering quality catering services within primary and nursery schools and should have suitable experience and expertise of successfully increasing pupil meal uptake. With the experience of successfully managing the TUPE process, the supplier should ideally have a strong operational base in London, together with a compelling attitude towards making the lunchtime service appealing, healthy and educational for children. Ultimately, it is important that the supplier can demonstrate a proven ability to manage an efficient catering service through the application of effective staff training, best practice and quality control that delivers continual ‘best value’ to each participating school.