School Catering Contract Liverpool 2016

Litherland High School — Outsourced Catering.

United Kingdom-Liverpool: School catering services

2016/S 055-092094

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Litherland High School
Sterrix Lane, Litherland
Contact point(s): Procurement
For the attention of: Simon Robinson
L21 0DB Liverpool
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 8452577050
E-mail: simon.robinson@schoolsbuyingclub.com

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: http://www.litherland-high.sefton.sch.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/schoolsbuyingclub

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

BC-10301 — Litherland High School — Outsourced Catering.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 17: Hotel and restaurant services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Litherland High School, Sterrix Lane, The Education Campus, Litherland, Liverpool, L21 0DB.

NUTS code UKD53

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

To register your expression of interest and to access the tender documentation please visit: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/schoolsbuyingclub

Litherland High School (Authority) is a mixed 11-16 school where every student is valued and treated as an individual. Our motto is Together in the Business of Learning and we aim to create a positive climate for learning where expectations and standards are high and our students are supported to do their best and achieve their full potential.
The school is located in Sefton on the outskirts of Liverpool, and currently enjoy a pupil role of approximately 800.
The services are to be provided at the following address:
Litherland High School, Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB.
Litherland High School are seeking to appoint a competent and effective Outsourced Catering Provider. It is the School’s expectation that the supplier shall provide a range of good quality, nutritious, attractively presented meals for pupils and staff, that comply with Government’s minimum nutritional and food based standards for the educational sector. Meals should reflect growth in healthy eating trends, promote uptake and comply with the new Ofsted guidance for catering.
The supplier shall establish effective management and operational level communication systems at all levels regarding the catering service with customers that include: school management, parents, and pupils. In addition, the provider will also be responsible for all legal and health and safety and food safety requirements in delivering the services.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

55524000, 15894210

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Litherland High School (Authority) is a mixed 11-16 school where every student is valued and treated as an individual. Our motto is Together in the Business of Learning and we aim to create a positive climate for learning where expectations and standards are high and our students are supported to do their best and achieve their full potential.
The school is located in Sefton on the outskirts of Liverpool, and currently enjoy a pupil role of approximately 800.
The services are to be provided at the following address: Litherland High School, Sterrix Lane, Litherland, Liverpool, Merseyside, L21 0DB.
Litherland High School are seeking to appoint a competent and effective Outsourced Catering Provider. It is the School’s expectation that the supplier shall provide a range of good quality, nutritious, attractively presented meals for pupils and staff, that comply with Government’s minimum nutritional and food based standards for the educational sector. Meals should reflect growth in healthy eating trends, promote uptake and comply with the new Ofsted guidance for catering.
The supplier shall establish effective management and operational level communication systems at all levels regarding the catering service with customers that include: school management, parents and pupils. In addition, the provider will also be responsible for all legal and health and safety and food safety requirements in delivering the services.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 900 000 and 1 100 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: no

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

As per the tendering documentation.

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

As per the tendering documentation.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

As per the tendering documentation.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per the tendering documentation.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: As per the tendering documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: As per the tendering documentation.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
As per the tendering documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
As per the tendering documentation.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged number of operators: 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: A. PQQs will be evaluated on the basis of the information submitted, together with any related supporting documentation requested.
B. Bidders who fail to complete this PQQ Response Form in full or to provide all of the documents requested may have their applications rejected and may not be considered further for inclusion in the short-list of organisations invited to submit a response to the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
C. Following evaluation of responses to the PQQ it is envisaged that the 6 highest scoring Bidders who pass stages 1 to 6 will be deemed to pre-qualify for short listing to the ITT stage. If in any case Bidders have equal points, the Authority reserves the right to select the Bidders based on:
a) Highest combined stage 4 and 5 scoring; if still equal;
b) Highest stage 4 scoring; if still equal;
c) Bidders will progress to the ITT stage.
D. When there is a distinct gap in the final scores, this may be used to determine the exact number of Bidders invited to tender.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

BC-10301

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

15.4.2016 – 12:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

16.3.2016