School catering services

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for the Mowbray Education Trust (the Client), at the following schools: — Brownlow Primary School, Limes Avenue, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1QL, — The Grove Primary School, Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0HN. The contract covers the scope for the provision of all school catering services, which also includes all hospitality and free issue requirements. There will also be a requirement to provide a meal delivery service to Ab Kettleby Primary School, Wartnaby Road, Ab Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3JJ. It is anticipated that the meals for Ab Kettleby will be prepared within the kitchens at either Brownlow or The Grove Primary Schools, both of which have brand new kitchens and are equipped for purpose. The current services are provided by way of an in-house catering offer. The duration of the contract being offered is 3 years commencing on 9 April 2018, based on a 1+1+1 contract, and will be on a guaranteed performance basis with all free issues and hospitality being charged to the school at net cost only. It is expected that the successful Supplier will work very closely with the Client and engage with the school curriculum, pupils and parents moving forwards into this contract term. The Client wishes for the successful Supplier to be able to offer innovation and to make some changes to the service provision within the school during the course of the new contract term. This will include ideas and innovation and how the catering service can be meet the needs of the school’s pupils and staff. Any inward investment should be detailed within the tender submission and also what impact this will have on the catering facilities within each school. The basis and rationale that the Client requires the successful Supplier to operate to at all times is to be proactive in the management of the contract, thus ensuring that all specifications are achieved on all sites and that the quality of food improves moving forward into this contract term and that the tender specification is delivered consistently. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of catering services within the Trust. The high quality service levels proposed should maintain excellent standards throughout the contract term, with a firm focus being on the quality of food served and the use of the local suppliers located within the Melton Mowbray area. The Trust is expected to grow during this contract period and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the Trust may fall under the scope of this contract. The successful Supplier will be expected to provide this service within these schools using the same costing model, ratios, etc that they applied to their successful tender submission for the Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract will not be increased for these schools and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the Trust. It is expected that the annual value of the contract will be circa 250 000 GBP plus VAT. However, depending on the number of schools that join the Trust, it is anticipated that this annual value might increase over the contract term. Please note that there is no guarantee that additional schools will be added to this contract during this contract term. Please note: Further properties may be added to the contract during the tender process and during the life of the contract as detailed.