Cornwall Cluster - Tender for Catering Services

The successful supplier will be required to provide catering services at the following schools in the Cornwall Cluster: - The Roseland Multi Academy Trust, -- Gerrans School, -- Tregony Community Primary School. -Aspire Academy Trust, -- Tintagel Primary School, -- Port Isaac Community Primary School, -- Delabole Community Primary School, -- Probus Primary School, -- Gorran School, -- Padstow School, -- Biscovey Academy, -- St Mawes Primary School, -- St Uny C of E Academy. - Celtic Cross Education, -- Marhamchurch CofE VC Primary School. - North Co-Operative Schools, -- Sir James Smith's School, -- Boscastle Community Primary School, -- Camelford Community Primary School, -- Egloskerry Primary School, -- Otterham Community Primary School, -- St Breward Community Primary School, -- St Teath Community Primary School, -- Whitstone Community Primary School. - Bridge Multi-Academy Trust -- Brunel Primary and Nursery Academy, -- Wadebridge Primary Academy, -- Delaware Primary Academy.

The contract will be awarded in lots, therefore not necessarily awarded to one supplier.

A selected number of schools (which will include the secondary school, Sir James Smith's School, and the schools currently providing an in-house catering service) will be visited over 7-9 March 2018. Suppliers invited to tender will need to have one representative per organisation to visit each school concurrently: 15 minutes mid-morning break and lunch services at each of the secondary schools.

The contract will commence on 1 September for a period of 3 years, with a possible extension of 2 years by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract.

Please note there are a number of staff in LGPS; actuary reports will be supplied and the successful supplier/s will need to sign an ABS agreement and pay for all associated costs.

Additional information: Interest in the selection 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 Selection Questionnaire and associated documents can be obtained at: http://www.litmuspartnership.co.uk/project/cornwall_cluster

The closing date for receipt of the Selection Questionnaire is 26.1.2018 (12:00). Suppliers 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 Selection 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 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.