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Central Bedfordshire Council

CBC-1130-FW-TS Roecroft Lower School Catering Provision - AWARD

HospitalityCPV 55000000 55500000 55520000
Value£659k
Awarded1 Oct 2020
Published14 Apr 2021
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£659ktotal contract value
median £606k
this tender£0£7.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Hospitality & Catering band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 3,335 valued Hospitality & Catering tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Catering Services provision for Roecroft Lower School in Stotfold, Hertfordshire, maintained by Central Bedfordshire.

ESPO Framework - 704_18 issue 5 - Catering Services - Lot 1 We are looking to appoint an experienced catering company to provide a high quality and affordable, value for money catering service at lunchtimes, using quality raw ingredients in dishes that are expertly cooked and beautifully presented with a smile.

Please note timeline with regards to questions and submission dates.

All communication/correspondence and clarifications must be sent via the In-tend portal.

Please do not contact the School directly.

Please view the 'Clarification' tab for any updates or responses to questions asked.

Please avoid uploading your return just prior to closing deadline as you may incure IT issues and we will not accept Tender Returns via e-mail.

We will provide as much support and information as we can to help guide you through the Tender process.

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all suppliers tendering, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

If there is anything you are not sure of or need clarification of, then please contact us using the correspondence facility within the In-tend electronic tendering system.

Please ensure that you inform us of your decision to participate.

To submit a response, you will be required to Opt In.

Opt In- This will confirm to us of your involvement and your intention to submit a return.

Opt Out- This will confirm to us that you are not submitting a return.

You will be able to provide a reason as to your decision and have the option to cease any system-generated communication.

You will be able to opt back in at any point.

Target Contract Commencement: Transitional period to start on 11th November 2020 6 week period.

TUPE applies.

Handover 4th January 2021 Contract term: 2 years (+1+1+1 optional)

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

We will provide as much support

We will provide as much support and information as we can to help guide you through the Tender process.

02

Questions asked together with the response,

Questions asked together with the response, will be made available to all suppliers tendering, to ensure a fair and consistent approach to all.

03

To submit a response, you will

To submit a response, you will be required to Opt In.

04

You will be able to provide

You will be able to provide a reason as to your decision and have the option to cease any system-generated communication.

05

You will be able to opt back

You will be able to opt back in at any point.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
ESPO Framework - 704_18 issue 5 - Catering Services - Lot 1
TUPE transferContract conditions
TUPE applies.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
CBC-1130-FW-TS - AWARD
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