The Active Learning Trust ~ Tender for catering services

The Active Learning Trust brings together experienced and successful practitioners who share a collective belief in the effectiveness of school improvement, the primacy of performance management and the potential of new technology to enhance learning. The Trust has the strong moral purpose of enabling schools to deliver high levels of achievement for all pupils, regardless of socio-economic circumstances, family situation or ethnic background. The Trust will secure and sustain improvement in schools by providing leadership and support through academy sponsorship, by working with governing bodies to strengthen their leadership and strategic delivery and through contracted work with school leaders and their teams.

There are seventeen schools within the Active Learning Trust (the Client) included within this catering contract opportunity, all of which are currently outsourced.

This contract will be awarded in lots where bidding Suppliers may bid for any combination of lots.

There are 17 schools within the Active Learning Trust (the Client) included within this catering contract opportunity, all of which are currently outsourced.

This contract will be awarded in lots where bidding Suppliers may bid for any combination of lots:

Lot 1 ~ Primary Schools and Special Schools (SEN) in Cambridgeshire Lot 2 ~ Primary schools in Suffolk

Lot 3 ~ Secondary Schools

The Client reserves the right to award all, part or none of the group contract(s) as is deemed appropriate during the process.

It is anticipated that the Trust will grow in the number of schools being part of it during the course of this contract, beyond the schools listed above. The provision of catering services to these schools when they have joined the Trust may at the Client's discretion, fall under the scope of this contract.

The successful Supplier will be expected to provide costings and operational proposals for the catering services within these additional schools using the same costing model that was applied to the successful bid to the Client at the point of tender submission.

The duration of the 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 this contract.

Please note: There is currently a primary school in Earith that the Trust is in discussion with and, as stated above, further schools may be added to the contract both during the tender process and during the life of the contract.

The Client will require the sum of £ 18 600 to be added to your bidding model to cover the cost of running this tender. This cost will be paid in full to the client upon contract award and recovered by the successful contractor via charging this in as part of the contract, over the lifetime of the contract.

The tender project is seeking to appoint a Supplier whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities with a focus on exciting new

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: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/the_active_learning_trust

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 26.1.2018 (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.