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The Litmus Partnership Ltd

Franklin College - Tender for Catering Services

HospitalityCPV 55000000 55500000 55520000
Value£4.5m
Awarded23 Aug 2018
Published19 Jun 2019
RegionNorth East
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£4.5mtotal 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 Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Franklin College, Chelmsford Avenue, Grimsby, DN34 5BY.

Franklin is North East Lincolnshire's top performing college and is located close to the centre of Grimsby town.

The college provides modern facilities in well-kept buildings.

Franklin recognises its place within the community and works with local and national companies, clubs, societies and charities to provide opportunities for our students.

Franklin is proud to be a college which supports Equality, Diversity and Inclusion among students and staff in order to achieve their full potential in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Franklin is innovative and outward-looking.

Catering for approximately 2 739 students and 150 staff, the college has a main dining area, a coffee shop, a retail shop and vending machines that the catering staff currently service.

The Client is keen to ensure that students and staff are encouraged to use the catering facilities and that the food offer is enticing and appropriate to the student and staff population whilst offering best value for money to the students and the college itself.

The Client has managed its own catering for a number of years and is now seeking a Supplier to manage its catering facilities who has the relevant experience and expertise in the sector and the drive and innovation to maximise the potential of the catering service.

The Client would welcome investment in a branded coffee outlet such as Costa or Starbucks.

In addition to provision in the coffee shop and restaurant, there is the requirement for occasional hospitality including tea and coffee trays, buffets and working lunches.

The contract will commence on 1.1.2019 for an initial period of 3 years with an option to extend for a further 2 years.

The contract value is approximately 900 000 GBP per annum.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The successful Supplier will be required

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Franklin College, Chelmsford Avenue, Grimsby, DN34 5BY.

02

Franklin recognises its place within the community

Franklin recognises its place within the community and works with local and national companies, clubs, societies and charities to provide opportunities for our students.

03

The Client is keen to ensure

The Client is keen to ensure that students and staff are encouraged to use the catering facilities and that the food offer is enticing and appropriate to the student and staff population whilst offering best value for money to the students and the college itself.

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Source & provenance
OCID
07551dac-88aa-42af-a775-3fac1709a717
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2019/S 110-269543
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