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The Litmus Partnership Ltd

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Tender for Catering Services.

HospitalityCPV 55000000 55500000 55520000
Value£2.7m
Awarded30 Dec 2016
Published14 Aug 2017
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£2.7mtotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.6m

This is a large award for Hospitality & Catering — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The catering service provision at the School has been operated 'in-house' and has not been market tested for many years.

To ensure Best Value principles are applied the School have made a decision to tender the catering service.

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and post-graduate education in public and global health, with over 4 000 students and more than 1 000 staff working in 100 countries.

The School's mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

There is approximately 1 000 full-time students, 3 000 distance learner students and 1 000 students on short courses.

The School offers a refectory style service in Keppel Street to the students and staff on site only.

Current turnover is 325 000 GBP per annum.

The refectory is open 8:00 - 16:00 Monday-Friday.

It also offers significant amounts of hospitality in the building.

There is a licensed bar which opens on a Friday evening with a current turnover of 15 000 GBP per annum.

The coffee shop in Tavistock Place has been previously leased to another operator.

From the start of this contract the coffee shop in Tavistock Place will be included in the tender.

The School is expecting this open to the staff / students and the general public 7 days a week.

There are currently 9 staff working full-time in the catering department, employed by the School, and 1 person eligible to transfer under TUPE in Tavistock Square.

These staff will transfer under TUPE to the successful contractor.

The School will be commencing a building project to the Tavistock Square coffee shop and bar area in Keppel Street to improve the facility in time for the commencement of the contract.

The School does not anticipated any financial contribution from the successful contractor; it is looking for considerable input in the design and style of service.

The School is ISO 14001 and EcoCampus Platinum certified; it is important that any contractor be similarly certified.

The School wishes to offer healthy eating options within the menu with minimal use of disposables.

The menu should be based on the use of fresh ingredients and bakery products.

Working with the local community is something that the School strives to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from local suppliers (within a 20 mile radius of the School): details should be included within your submission.

The new contract will commence on 1.8.2017, for an initial 3 year term with the option of an additional 2 x 1 year extension. (Further information is available within the procurement

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The successful tenderer will be required

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

02

To ensure Best Value principles are applied

To ensure Best Value principles are applied the School have made a decision to tender the catering service.

03

The menu should be based on

The menu should be based on the use of fresh ingredients and bakery products.

04

Working with the local community is something

Working with the local community is something that the School strives to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from local suppliers (within a 20 mile radius of the School): details should be included within your submission.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 14001 (environmental management)Standards you certify to
The School is ISO 14001 and EcoCampus Platinum certified;
TUPE transferContract conditions
There are currently 9 staff working full-time in the catering department, employed by the School, and 1 person eligible to transfer under TUPE in Tavistock Square.

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OCID
06204652-751a-4131-b285-5a205aa36e8e
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2017/S 142-292639
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