Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil, Facilities Services - Tender for Catering Services

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil, Facilities Services (SRW FS).

The Client is a Private Funded Initiative (PFI) which currently includes the following Bristol school properties, where the successful Supplier will be required to deliver a catering service and meet the requirements of the specification from the contract commencement.

The schools within the initial scope of the tender are:

• Bristol Brunel Academy - secondary school,
• Bristol Metropolitan Academy - secondary school (includes Briarwood SEN centre),
• Oasis Academy Brislington - secondary school (includes unit for pupils with additional ASD needs),
• Bridge Learning Campus - all-through school (includes primary and nursery age pupils).

Total 3887 pupils as at January 2018.

The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 22.12.2018 until 31.12.2021, with the option to extend for a further term of up to 2 years, and will be guaranteed price in nature, with the Supplier invoicing the client for 1-12th of the annual cost on a monthly basis. There shall be a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days.

The Client is currently not considering growing the number of schools during the contract period. However, should this change and the provision of catering services are required in additional schools the scope and terms of this contract would also apply. If applicable the successful Supplier will be expected to provide this service within these schools using the same costing model, ratios etc that they applied to their successful tender submission for the Client at the point of tender submission. The duration of 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 the PFI.

The successful Supplier is expected to have a good local operational presence, as specialist caterers in the secondary school sector.

The contract covers the scope for the provision of school catering services, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free School Meals and hospitality will be charged at cost, based on consumption.

The Client expects the successful Supplier to enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, healthy food service, prepared on-site. Food for Life Silver standard catering provision is required from the start of the contract and throughout.

The schools' governing bodies intend to focus heavily on healthy, fresh, seasonal, locally sourced produce and see the catering service as an exciting opportunity to complement the overall student and community experience, through the regular introduction of new ingredients, themed and promotional events.

Information in respect of each school and further details are 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: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/skanska

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 25.5.2018 (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.