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The Partnership Trust ~ Catering and Hospitality Services Tender V2

The Partnership Trust

Estimated Value

Up to £6,636,673

Deadline

Not specified

Published

29 April 2025

Type

services

South WestGBselectiveCPV: 55524000
CategoryCatering & hospitality

Overview

The schools are: - The Partnership Trust is a well-established Multi Academy Trust situated in North Somerset and Bath & Northeast Somerset, will include at the commencement to this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. The Partnership Trust - Our Mission, Vision and Values https://thepartnershiptrust.co.uk/our-mission-vision-and-... The duration of the contract being offered is three years commencing on April 2025 and concluding on March 2028, with the potential for an extension of up to a further two years on the same terms and conditions without the right to further extend.

The contract being offered and will be guaranteed performance in nature. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the Trust.

The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across all Schools. These new standards of operation should meet the needs of the pupils moving forwards into this contract term.

Key dates

Commences
April 2025

Eligibility & compliance

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for The Partnership Trust The Partnership Trust comprises of seventeen schools, both nursery and primaries’, which are located in or around Bath, Bristol and Somerset and The Partnership Trust Head Office location is Mulberry Lodge, Longfellow Road, Radstock Bath, BA3-3AL, which is at the heart of the community.

Submission

It is one of the objectives of this tender that the successful contractor will utilise a truly local supply chain and the farming” belt” in the North Somerset/BANES/Bristol area to source all fresh produce, namely being: Bakery Products Meat Fruit and Vegetables Dairy Products The contract at each school will operate on a guaranteed basis (return or subsidy) with all universal free school meals and free school meals charged to the client monthly at net food cost only.

Additional details

The current range of foods needs to be expanded along with the service provision. All hospitality is to be charged on a net food cost basis.

The approximate cost of the contract currently The successful contractor will be expected to put forwards both innovation and their proposals for making this contract more environmentally sensitive and carbon neutral moving into this contract term both by way of contract delivery, and also within the successful contractor’s organisation, thus working to deliver The Partnership Trust environmental policies. Your approach to sustainability should mirror that of The Partnership Trust The terms and conditions of employment and recognition offered to the catering operatives should be both progressive and forward thinking ensuring that the staffing establishment is complete at all times and staff turnover is kept to a minimum The Partnership Trust expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract.

The successful contractor will be expected to provide this service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratios etc. that they applied to their successful tender submission for The Partnership Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT.

Please note: Further schools may be added to the contract during the tender process and during the life of the contract as detailed above. The contract value for this tender is £1,305,169 per annum. For more information please see the SQ Document Additional information: Please note this is a contract award notice, this contract has already been awarded.

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The Partnership Trust
Typepublic body
RegionUKK12
Total tenders1
Total spend£6,636,673
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Published

29 April 2025

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