Alperton Community School Catering

Alperton Community School is an Ofsted rated Good mixed Secondary School in Alperton, London. It has over 1,900 students between the ages of 11 and 18 on roll and 120 teaching and support staff across two campuses some five minutes apart.

The lower school has a very busy and well equipped kitchen and restaurant with 2 satellite serving units. The lower school has a compact kitchen that would benefit from investment in heavy equipment.

The incumbent caterer is IFG and the catering team are well-regarded by the school. The contract is nearing the end of tenure and the school is bringing the two main soft services contracts, catering and cleaning, into an August commencement date in 2024.The school has a resolute focus on high expectations for their students, their community and their staff.

Mr Gerard McKenna, the Headteacher, and Mr Suresh Jatla the Director of Finance and Resources are very close to the catering operation on both sites. They are tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school.

The contract start date is the 1st of August 2024 and this 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.

The catering team have a mix of NEST and LGPS Pensions. 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 School and CCL expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and deliver excellent standards. The school have requested that in this tender exercise the bidders focus on:A TUPE Compliant Bid with additional recommendations on service equipment, serving points, staffing levels and a bespoke food concept to drive sales and uptakeIn 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.

Should the School not be convinced of this 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.