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The Litmus Partnership Ltd

Montsaye Community Learning Partnership - Tender for Catering Services

HospitalityCPV 55000000 55500000 55520000
Value£3.8m
Awarded4 Apr 2019
Published14 Nov 2019
RegionEast Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£3.8mtotal 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 Montsaye Community Learning Partnership at the following locations: - Montsaye Academy, - Rothwell Junior School, - Rothwell Victoria Infant School, - Loatlands Primary School, - Havelock Junior School, - Havelock Infant School, - Wilbarston C of E Primary School, - Rushton Primary School, - Hawthorn Community Primary School.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services at each of the above schools, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements.

The successful supplier will be expected to source all fresh produce on a local basis, especially fresh meat, bakery and fruit and vegetables.

The emphasis for this service is on achieving "best value" and the successful supplier will be expected to demonstrate innovation, flexibility and commercialism.

The contract being offered commences on 1.9.2019 for an initial 3-year period and will operate on a fixed cost basis.

Please note that the successful supplier will pay The Litmus Partnership a consultancy fee on award of this contract, which will be to the value of 8 000,00 GBP plus VAT.

This fee will be invoiced immediately after the 10 day standstill period ends w/c 22.7.2019.

To ensure transparency, you will clearly show within your management fee a breakdown of this consultancy fee, over the length of the contract.

The total full fee will be paid by the successful supplier, in full to The Litmus Partnership, by no later than Monday 12.8.2019.

It is anticipated that the number of schools within Montsaye Community Learning Partnership may continue to grow during the course of this contract.

The provision of catering services to these schools when they have joined will fall under the scope of this contract if required.

The successful supplier will be expected to provide the catering services within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios, etc that were applied to the successful bid at the point of tender submission.

The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the Trust.

The approximate current value of this contract is c.

800 000 GBP p.a.

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 Montsaye Community Learning Partnership at the following locations:.

02

The successful supplier will be expected

The successful supplier will be expected to source all fresh produce on a local basis, especially fresh meat, bakery and fruit and vegetables.

03

The emphasis for this service is on

The emphasis for this service is on achieving "best value" and the successful supplier will be expected to demonstrate innovation, flexibility and commercialism.

04

To ensure transparency, you will clearly show

To ensure transparency, you will clearly show within your management fee a breakdown of this consultancy fee, over the length of the contract.

05

The successful supplier will be expected

The successful supplier will be expected to provide the catering services within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios, etc that were applied to the successful bid at the point of tender submission.

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Source & provenance
OCID
b52004ac-3d19-4173-b706-19313fe9fa38
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2019/S 214-526018
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