St Angela's Ursuline School - Catering Tender

St Angela’s is a Roman Catholic School built in 1862 by the sisters of the Ursuline order, inspired by the vision of their founder and our namesake. St Angela’s is a voluntary-aided secondary school for girls (11-16) in the London Borough of Newham. The school has six forms (equating to a pupil admission number of 192 students) on entry for the 11-16 girls’ school with a mixed sixth form centre predominantly of girls of 400 students. The school population serves the Catholic population of the borough and 90% of school population are from ethnic minorities. St Angela's is a focused, hardworking and friendly Catholic school, aiming to provide every opportunity for our students to achieve their very best and to leave our school confident and independent young women, well equipped for higher education and life beyond. As a Leading Edge school we continue to push the frontiers of education in every direction and have embraced new teaching and learning initiatives, allowing our students to learn and achieve at impressively high rates. We carefully monitor individual progress and provide the highest standard of pastoral care and learning support. Further information regarding St Angela’s Ursuline School can be obtained here: https://www.stangelas-ursuline.co.uk/

Tender information:

The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent catering services to St Angela’s which has 1304 pupils of which approximately 44% are eligible for free school meals, and has approximately 115 teaching and support staff. The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st August 2027 – 31st July 2030. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2032. The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current catering services. This includes but is not limited to; breakfast, morning break and lunchtime services, over the academic year, plus hospitality services upon request. The Client is keen to secure a high quality sustainable catering service featuring fresh locally sourced ingredients prepared on site. Menu design must be flexible, nutritionally balanced, and inclusive to meet the diverse dietary requirements of our students while driving meal uptake and minimizing queues. The Client is proud of their ‘family ethos’ and expects a tightly managed, transparent, and cost-effective service. Above all, we seek a collaborative partner whose management style supports, encourages, and develops the catering staff while delivering clear value for money. The Client is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather they are keen to secure ‘best value’ from this contract and to deliver ‘best value’ to the students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the services can be developed and value added, will be welcomed. The Client seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times.

Competitive Flexible Procedure:

This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. For clarity - a score of 60% does not guarantee selection, rather, the highest scoring candidates will be selected. Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.

Value of contract:

The annual value of the current contract is £429,868 Therefore the value of this contract is £2,149,340 The contract shall be a guaranteed performance contract with any hospitality requirements billed separately.

Additional requirements and information:

●The Client has a minimum requirement for a contractor’s employers' liability and public liability insurances of £5 million ●The minimum annual turnover that your company must have achieved to be considered for this opportunity is £1 million ●This is a London living wage contract ●There is 1 incumbent catering staff member currently within the Local Government Pension Scheme ●The catering services are currently contracted to Impact Food Group ●The client reserves the right not to appoint in conclusion of this project. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:

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