Beaumont Primary Catering

Description

Beaumont Primary School in Croydon is tendering their catering services with a contract start date of 1st April 2025. Due to this extremely challenging timeline, we are managing an open tender process with site visits on Monday, 25th November 2024, the tender response date is 1pm, Thursday 23rd January 2025. Presentations are scheduled for early February, possibly Thursday 6th. The school is developing their catering provision to deliver the very best service for every child at the school. The contract will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. There are LGPS pensions within the catering team and the school has a strong working relationship with the incumbent caterer Collegiate Trading Company.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management and consistently high levels of food qual Lot 1: Beaumont Primary School in Croydon is tendering their catering services with a contract start date of 1st April 2025. Due to this extremely challenging timeline, we are managing an open tender process with site visits on Monday, 25th November 2024, the tender response date is 1pm, Thursday 23rd January 2025. Presentations are scheduled for early February, possibly Thursday 6th. The school is developing their catering provision to deliver the very best service for every child at the school. The contract will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. There are LGPS pensions within the catering team and the school has a strong working relationship with the incumbent caterer Collegiate Trading Company.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management and consistently high levels of food quality and tangible contract support. The Schools and CCL expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and deliver excellent standards. The business manager has requested that in this tender exercise the bidders focus on:A transformational working partnership, delivered via a TUPE compliant bid, with additional recommendations on service equipment, serving points, staffing levels and a bespoke food concept to drive sales and uptake.In short, the School needs to be convinced the bidders are able to deliver their promises, achieve their sales targets, deliver their service enhancements in full and support the School in day-to-day operation. Should the school not be convinced of the proposals they reserve the right to revert to an ‘insourced’ solution or post ‘no award’. Any investment proposals will need to be consistent with ESFA guidelines.Contract turnover is circa £85,000 per annum excl. VAT. The successful bidder will be expected to operate with a strong partnership, integrity and honesty.