SCC APC Supply of Transport for School Meals - AWARD

Description

Commercial Services (CS) operates catering functions on behalf of Surrey County Council (the Council) to schools. Currently 31 of the County’s primary schools do not have adequate kitchen facilities and subsequently 25 schools with kitchen capacity are used to supply those 31 schools with hot meals. The main requirement of this tender is to appoint a single supplier to provide a service to transport these hot cooked meals in insulated containers provided by the Council from schools with kitchens to serveries at schools without kitchens to start in 01 January 2016. Food production is not required. Transport is also used to cover equipment breakdown at schools with meals transported to schools who have kitchens but who require meal deliveries for a particular period with a minimum of 2 hours notice given. Additional services are also provided which include transporting CS staff to school serveries to serve meals and from site to site or to training courses. On occasion equipment can be transported to the school and back to the kitchen for cleaning, or for moving items such as tables or boxes of food ingredients. Period of Contract: - The Term of the Contract is anticipated to be for 3 years with the option to extend for a further 2 periods of 12 months each Tender Submission Deadline - Monday 8 June 2015