School catering services

Tender description

The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services for Star Academies, at the following sites. The opportunity is broken down into Lots according to Geographic location. Bidders may bid for individual lots or all lots. Lot 1 (Lancashire/Manchester): Eden Boys' School,The Olive School, Highfield Leadership Academy, The Valley Leadership Academy, Eden Boys' School, The Olive School, Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy. Lot 2 (West Yorkshire): Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy, High Crags Primary Leadership Academy, Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy. Lot 3 (Midlands): Eden Boys' School,The Olive School, Small Heath Leadership Academy, Eden Girls' School, Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, The Olive School, Starbank (across three sites). Lot 4 (London): Eden Girls' School, The Olive School(across three sites from Sept 2021), Eden Girls' School. Please note: bidders who intend to bid for more than one lot will be required to submit a separate response for each lot (separate links for responding to each lot are provided within this notice). Lot 1: Lancashire/Manchester — https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/THCW298586 • Eden Boys' School, Preston, • The Olive School, Preston, • Highfield Leadership Academy, • The Valley Leadership Academy, • Eden Boys' School, Bolton, • The Olive School, Bolton, • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester, • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Manchester. Current contract value = GBP 3.1 million per annum across all 4 lots. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each lot or multiple lots based upon a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The Trust is looking for a catering provider who is experienced and innovative in providing catering services to the education sector and specifically for Multi Academy Trusts. The successful contractor will be expected to uphold high standards of food and service, demonstrating a strong commitment to healthy eating and to increasing sales. It is essential to the Trust that a service appropriate to the demographic for each school is provided. There will be an essential requirement for HMC Halal meat in the majority of schools. A high level of contract support will be expected. Please note there will be some employees in the local government pension scheme, therefore Admitted body status will be expected. Please find further details in the SQ Document. Please note: bidders who intend to bid for more than one lot will be required to submit a separate response for each lot (separate links for responding to each lot are provided within this notice). Lot 2: West Yorkshire ~ https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/R4BY5549F3 • Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, • Barkerend Primary Leadership Academy, • High Crags Primary Leadership Academy, • Thornbury Primary Leadership Academy, • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Bradford. Current contract value = GBP 3.1 million per annum across all 4 lots. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each lot or multiple lots based upon a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The Trust is looking for a catering provider who is experienced and innovative in providing catering services to the education sector and specifically for Multi Academy Trusts. The successful contractor will be expected to uphold high standards of food and service, demonstrating a strong commitment to healthy eating and to increasing sales. It is essential to the Trust that a service appropriate to the demographic for each school is provided. There will be an essential requirement for HMC Halal meat in the majority of schools. A high level of contract support will be expected. Please note there will be some employees in the local government pension scheme, therefore admitted body status will be expected. Please find further details in the SQ document. Please note: bidders who intend to bid for more than one lot will be required to submit a separate response for each lot (separate links for responding to each lot are provided within this notice). Lot 3: Midlands — https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/Q8KW4YM74F • Eden Boys' School, Birmingham North, • The Olive School, Birmingham, • Small Heath Leadership Academy, • Eden Girls' School, Coventry, • Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham East, • Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Birmingham, • The Olive School, Small Heath, • Starbank, Birmingham (across three sites). Current contract value = GBP 3.1 million per annum across all 4 lots. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each lot or multiple lots based upon a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The Trust is looking for a catering provider who is experienced and innovative in providing catering services to the education sector and specifically for Multi Academy Trusts. The successful contractor will be expected to uphold high standards of food and service, demonstrating a strong commitment to healthy eating and to increasing sales. It is essential to the Trust that a service appropriate to the demographic for each school is provided. There will be an essential requirement for HMC Halal meat in the majority of schools. A high level of contract support will be expected. Please note there will be some employees in the local government pension scheme, therefore Admitted Body Status will be expected. Please find further details in the SQ document. Please note: bidders who intend to bid for more than one lot will be required to submit a separate response for each lot (separate links for responding to each lot are provided within this notice). Lot 4: London — https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/PV9R9CKBX9 • Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest, • The Olive School, Hackney (across three sites from Sept 2021), • Eden Girls' School, Slough. Current contract value = GBP 3.1 million per annum across all 4 lots. The Trust is looking to award a contract for each lot or multiple lots based upon a 3-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years. The Trust is looking for a catering provider who is experienced and innovative in providing catering services to the education sector and specifically for Multi Academy Trusts. The successful contractor will be expected to uphold high standards of food and service, demonstrating a strong commitment to healthy eating and to increasing sales. It is essential to the Trust that a service appropriate to the demographic for each school is provided. There will be an essential requirement for HMC Halal meat in the majority of schools. A high level of contract support will be expected. Please note there will be some employees in the local government pension scheme, therefore Admitted Body Status will be expected. Please find further details in the SQ document.