School catering services

Tender description

The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services to 11 primary schools (See Section I: Contracting authority) based in The City of Westminster, an Inner London borough that occupies much of the central area of Greater London including most of the West End. Collectively, the 11 primary schools with approximately 3 350 pupils have all formed a cluster (namely cluster 11) 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 11 schools wishes to participate in a tender process with the intention of appointing a supplier to deliver full catering services. The contract is estimated to commence in 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 3 000 000 (over 3 years initial period). Objectives The appointed supplier will have significant experience of delivering quality catering services within primary 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.