School Meals Tender Northamptonshire
Following the decision of Northamptonshire County Council to close the Nourish school meal service on 20.7.2016, Providers are invited to complete an Invitation to Tender (referred to from now on as ITT) outlining their bid for a cluster of schools.
United Kingdom-Northampton: School meals
2016/S 041-067715
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
Contact point(s): A7DE-VFZT4W
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: ammyers@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://www.lgss.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Electronic access to information: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Electronic submission of tenders and requests to participate: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
Further information can be obtained from: LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
Contact point(s): A7DE-VFZT4W
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: ammyers@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
Contact point(s): A7DE-VFZT4W
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: ammyers@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: LGSS
John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
Contact point(s): A7DE-VFZT4W
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: ammyers@northamptonshire.gov.uk
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
I.3)Main activity
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: yes
Please see Appendix 3
Various
UNITED KINGDOM
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 27: Other services
NUTS code UKF23
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Following the decision of Northamptonshire County Council to close the Nourish school meal service on 20.7.2016, Providers are invited to complete an Invitation to Tender (referred to from now on as ITT) outlining their bid for a cluster of schools (Lot), as detailed in the Tender documents.
The ITT process is being facilitated by LGSS Procurement and NCC, but please note that the Contract will be between the Provider and the individual school. The final decision of Contract award rests with the individual school. LGSS Procurement is acting on behalf of the schools, and as such is impartial.
The service will be required from September 2016 onwards and TUPE will apply where appropriate. The Contract(s) are to be awarded for 2 years, with a 1 12-month option to extend. For clarity, the maximum possible duration of the Contract(s), should the extension be taken up is 3 years.
The detailed requirements are defined in Section 2 — Specification, and a schedule of information (Appendix 3 — Schools Schedule of Information) for each Lot is included. A single price is required across all schools within each individual Lot.
It is recognised that there is a varying and diverse portfolio of schools across Northamptonshire and that each Lot may attract different pricing bids from Providers.
The deadline for completed ITTs to be received on the LGSS eTendering Portal is 12:00 on Monday, 21.3.2016.
If assistance is required regarding the use of the LGSS eTendering Portal, please contact the Due North help desk on: T. 01670 597 137; E.support@due-north.com
LGSS (Local Government Shared Services) is a jointly owned shared service formed by Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) and Northamptonshire County Council (NCC) in October 2010 through the merger of their corporate services into a single entity. Further information about LGSS can be found on www.lgss.co.uk
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
15894210, 55524000, 15894200, 15100000, 15200000, 15300000, 15400000, 15500000, 15600000, 15810000, 15820000, 15830000, 15840000,15850000, 15860000, 15870000, 15880000, 15891000, 15892000, 15893000, 15894100, 15894300, 15894400, 15896000, 15900000, 55523000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.9)Information about variants
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Lot A;
Lot B;
Lot C;
Lot D;
Lot E.
Please see Tender documentation for full details of the Schools in each Lot.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 10 000 000 and 12 000 000 GBP
II.2.2)Information about options
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:
III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:
III.1.4)Other particular conditions
III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
III.2.2)Economic and financial ability
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required: Please see Tender documentation and selection criteria.
III.2.3)Technical capacity
Please see Tender documentation.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
Please see Tender documentation.
III.3.1)Information about a particular profession
III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
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
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
IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
The Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
WC2A 2LL London
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
LGSS
John Dryden House
NN4 7YD Northampton
UNITED KINGDOM
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: