Provision of School Catering Services.

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The successful tenderer will be required to provide catering services at Thames Primary Academy.Thames Primary has served Blackpool's South Shore community for over 100 years. Several generations of the same families have been taught at this school and there are currently 439 children on roll with over 50 % entitled to a free school meal.Thames Children's Centre and Nursery opened in 2005 providing a range of life enhancing services and support for many families. The Nursery provides day care services for children from the age of 3 months. There are 60 children in Nursery.In tendering its catering services the Academy wishes to ensure that the services are as cost effective as possible, whilst serving good quality meals to children for whom this may be the only proper meal of the day.The tender is for the provision of a catering service for the main school and also for the Children's Centre where there is a separate café open to the public.Expressions of interest are invited for caterers who can demonstrate experience of catering for the primary school sector.The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years from 1.9.2015 with the option to extend for a further 2 years.