Oasis Community Learning - Tender for Catering Services

Oasis Community Learning (OCL) is one of the largest multi-academy trusts in England. https://www.oasiscommunitylearning.org

We were established in 2004 with a vision to create 'Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community' and have since grown into a family of 52 academies.

We currently serve over 28 000 young people, 49 % of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds and 31 % speak English as an additional language.

We are determined to raise the educational bar for all our students and to close the educational gap that exists between disadvantaged students and their more privileged counterparts.

Our academies are in five main regions of England, providing either primary, secondary, all-through education or special education.

Our strong ethos is integral to our educational provision - it is an expression of our character, a statement of who we are and therefore the lens through which we assess all that we do.

The catering tender will be divided into 4 lots as follows (details of the schools within each lot can be found on the OCL website under 'Our Academies'.

Lot 1: London and South East - 14 schools Lot 2: North - 18 schools

Lot 3: Midlands - 8 schools Lot 4: South West and South Coast - 12 schools

Further information is provided in the SQ Document.

Additional information: Interest in the selection process should be expressed via email only to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk clearly stating within this email which contract / notice you are referring to. Please also provide, as a minimum, a contact name, full company postal address and telephone number.

The Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: https://litmuspartnership.co.uk/sq/oasis/

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 13.12.2019 (12:00). Suppliers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Selection Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to pqq@litmuspartnership.co.uk by the above closing date and time.

It will be the Supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time.

The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this Contract Notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time.

The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity.

The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid.