Manor Multi Academy Trust - Tender for Catering Services.

The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at Manor Primary School (MP), East Park Primary School (EP) and Hill Avenue Primary School (HA).

The catering service provision at the Schools has been operated by Wolverhampton DSO and has not been market tested for many years. To ensure Best Value principles are applied the Executive Headteacher and School Governors have made a decision to tender the catering service.

The Vision:

Every pupil is equally valued, and through a powerful combination of outstanding learning and exceptional leadership, our pupils are nurtured and inspired to be the best they can be both now and in their future lives. The key to this success is treating every child as an individual, to motivate and develop them by focusing on how they have improved on their school journey, not how they started.

Manor Primary School has 477 pupils (2016/17 roll); there are 216 entitled to UFSM and 51 FSM. (The roll will increase by 30 pupils per academic year to a capacity of 630 ~ current capacity is 480 pupils).

East Park Primary School has 638 pupils (2016/17 roll); there are 196 entitled to UFSM and 184 FSM.

Hill Avenue Primary School has 295 pupils (2016/17 roll); there are 127 entitled to UFSM and 53 FSM.

The Academy Trust wishes to offer healthy eating options within the menu with minimal use of disposables. The menu should be based on the use of fresh ingredients and bakery products.

Working with the local community is something that the Schools strive to do at all times and to this end we would like to ensure that all your fresh produce is sourced from local suppliers (within a 20 mile radius of the Schools): details should be included within your submission.

There are also several other objectives which the Schools wish to achieve as a result of this tender process:

1. The provision of a healthy balanced menu that meets nutritional guidelines and is enjoyed by our pupils.

2. Better value for money to be provided to the Schools ensuring that the students are provided with a variety of quality food with reasonable portion sizes.

3. Innovation and flexibility with the ability to 'move with the times' and recommend new service initiatives.

4. An effective marketing campaign should be implemented including the organisation of a series of theme days throughout the year ~ a minimum of two each term.

5. There needs to be total transparency, with accounts that are clear and easy to understand.

6. All hospitality is to be provided strictly at net cost of ingredients.

7. The Schools are committed to ensuring that the Wolverhampton living wage is paid to all staff, with a salary for the catering manager that is competitive within the industry.

(Further information is available within the PQQ Documentation.)

Additional information: Interest in the pre-qualification process should be expressed via email only to [email protected] 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 pre-qualification questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/manor_multi_academy_trust

The closing date for receipt of the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire is 9.12.2016 (12:00). Tenderers are required to ensure that documents are obtained and returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to [email protected] by the above closing date and time.

Documents in respect of economic / financial standing (where indicated in the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire) shall be returned to The Litmus Partnership Limited, by email to [email protected] by the above closing date and time.

It will be the Tenderer'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 OJEU 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.