S4S Schools Cluster - Tender for Catering Services
This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.
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 successful supplier will be required to provide catering services at the following nine locations: Shine Academy Trust - Northwood Park Primary School, Collingwood Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 8DS, - Villiers Primary School, Prouds Lane, Bilston, WV14 6PR, - Lodge Farm Primary School, Furzebank Way, Willenhall, WV12 4BU, - Busill Jones Primary School, Ashley Road, Bloxwich, Walsall, WS3 2QF.
Elston Hall Academy Trust - Elston Hall Primary School, Stafford Road, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, WV10 6NN, - Palmers Cross Primary School, Windermere Road, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, WV6 9DF, - Edward the Elder Primary School, Moat House Lane East, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, WV11 3DB, - Goldthorn Primary School, Ward Road, Wolverhampton, WV4 5ET.
Not part of the above Trusts: - Bushbury Hill Primary School, Old Fallings Lane, Wolverhampton, WV10 8BY.
Services 4 Schools (S4S) Ltd have been commissioned by the cluster to coordinate this project to ensure best value principles are achieved.
The Litmus Partnership are once again working in partnership with S4S to manage the tender process and to assist with protocols that need to be in place throughout the tender management process.
The catering services provision at all nine schools have not been market tested in recent years and to ensure best value principles are applied both Academy Trusts along with Bushbury Hill Primary School have made a decision to tender their catering services.
All schools have their own kitchen facilities and it is expected all food served to pupils will be freshly prepared and produced on site.
Current pupil roll numbers across all nine sites is circa 3 801.
Approximate daily meal numbers served are 1 394.
Current annual turnover value based on free school meal allowance across all nine locations is circa 609 000 GBP per annum including universal free school meals, free school meals and cash sales.
Current uptake levels vary across all sites and the Clients firmly believe that with improved choice and quality there is a real opportunity to increase levels of uptake.
For the avoidance of doubt TUPE Regulations including pension rights will apply to this contract where applicable.
The successful supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the clients on contract performance.
It is imperative that an open book policy is offered to ensure that each Client has total clarity on financial performance.
The clients are seeking both innovation and the application of current food trends within the tender submissions and would expect as a result of this to be able to identify "Best Value" and work in partnership with the chosen supplier going forward.
Further information is provided in the SQ Document.
What the notice asks for
The successful supplier will be required
The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services at the following nine locations:.
Services 4 Schools (S4S) Ltd have been
Services 4 Schools (S4S) Ltd have been commissioned by the cluster to coordinate this project to ensure best value principles are achieved.
The Litmus Partnership are once again working
The Litmus Partnership are once again working in partnership with S4S to manage the tender process and to assist with protocols that need to be in place throughout the tender management process.
The catering services provision at all nine
The catering services provision at all nine schools have not been market tested in recent years and to ensure best value principles are applied both Academy Trusts along with Bushbury Hill Primary School have made a decision to tender their catering services.
The successful supplier will be expected
The successful supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the clients on contract performance.
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For the avoidance of doubt TUPE Regulations including pension rights will apply to this contract where applicable.
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