School catering services

Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for the S4S School Cluster (the collective name for the schools under this tender process) at the following locations in Wolverhampton: — St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School, Woden Road, WV10 0BB (http://www.ststephenscofeprimary.co.uk/), — Parkfield Primary School, Dimmock Street, WV4 6HB (http://www.parkfieldprimary.co.uk/), — St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Graiseley Lane, WV11 1PG (http://www.stpatrickscatholicprimary.co.uk/), — West Park Primary School, Devon Road, WV1 4BE (http://www.westparkprimaryschool.co.uk/), — Fallings Park Primary School, Old Fallings Lane, WV10 8BN (http://www.fallingspark.org.uk). S4S Ltd have been commissioned by the Cluster to coordinate this project to ensure Best Value Principles are achieved. The Litmus Partnership are working with S4S to manage the tender process and to assist with protocols that need to be in place throughout. The catering services provision at all five schools has not been market tested in recent years and to ensure Best Value Principles are applied the Headteachers and school/sponsors/governors of each school have made a decision to tender their catering services. All schools have their own kitchen facilities and it is expected all food served to students will be freshly prepared and produced on site. Current student roll numbers are circa: — St Stephen’s Church of England Primary School: 261 — Parkfield Primary School: 206 — St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School: 229 — West Park Primary School: 340 — Fallings Park Primary School: 569 Current turnover value across all five locations is circa 400 000 GBP per annum including Universal Free School Meals, Free School Meals and cash sales. Current uptake levels vary across all sites and it is firmly believed that with improved choice and quality there is a real opportunity to increase levels of uptake. The catering staff are currently employed by Wolverhampton DSO and for the avoidance of doubt TUPE Regulations, including pension rights, will apply to this contract. The successful Supplier will be expected to deliver a concise and detailed method of management reporting at the end of each month, thus updating the Client on contract performance. It is imperative that an open book policy is offered to ensure that each school has total clarity on financial performance. The Client is seeking both innovation and the application of current food trends within the tender submissions and would expect as a result of this to be able to identify Best Value and work in partnership with the chosen Supplier. The Client has set the following key objectives which should be focused upon throughout the tender process: — all children enjoy a healthy, well balanced meal at lunchtimes ensuring meals fully comply with school meal nutritional standards; — the service provision must be based on Best Value Principles, — wherever possible cost savings are to be made during the contract term, — to maximise the use of fresh food produce and minimise the use of convenience food products, — meet the cultural needs of all pupils and staff, — provide a more appetising range of food for the children to choose from, and — the successful Supplier must fully understand and implement safeguarding principles whilst carrying out the service provision. The contract term will be for an initial period of 3 years with an optional extension period of a further 2 years and will commence on 1.9.2018. The basis of the contract will be fixed price during the contract term and if any improvements to financial surpluses are generated then the Supplier shall share these on an agreed percentage return. Free School Meals uptake and any ad-hoc catering requirements will be invoiced on a monthly basis and detailed backup will be part of the accounting system. Please note: This project will be awarded as a single lot contract.