Bridgwater College Academy and West Somerset College - Tender for Catering Services.

The successful Supplier/s will be required to provide catering services for Bridgwater College Academy and West Somerset College.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the schools, which also includes free issue requirements. In addition to this both schools provide send-out meals to a number of Primary schools.

The contract will commence on 1 September 2017 for a period of 3 years, with a possible extension of 2 years by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract.

Suppliers will have the option to submit bids for both schools, but each school will have the option to decide who they will appoint.

There are three schools within the Bridgwater College Academy estate, all of which are currently contracted out:

• Polden Campus (Secondary).

• Sedgemoor Campus (Infants).

• Quantock Campus (Juniors).

The current turnover figures for the above schools including the send-outs and Free School Meals are approximately 340 000 GBP per year.

The catering service at West Somerset College is currently in-house and also provides one Primary school with meals, which the Primary school collects from West Somerset College.

The turnover for the school only, excluding the send-out meals to the Primary school, is approximately 135 000 GBP per year.

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://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/bridgwater_college_academy_and_west_somerset_college

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 27.1.2017 (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.