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South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust~ Catering Tender

Descriptions

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust.

This procurement is being conducted under a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.

Participation Stage - suppliers must meet the conditions of participation set out in this Tender Notice to advance to the tender stage of the competition and also submit a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement. Selection will be based on the criteria set out in the tender documents and will be applied in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner. The contracting authority intends to select a maximum of five suppliers to advance to the tender stage, based on the five highest scoring supplier responses to the technical and professional ability and additional questions set out in the Procurement Specific Questionnaire. Suppliers must meet the minimum conditions of participation in order to progress to the tender stage. The deadline for supplier submissions will be 8th August 2025.

The intention would be that the 3 highest scoring companies from the tender stage will advance to presentation stage. Suppliers will not be selected to present if they would not be able to achieve an overall higher score than the top bidder if the former scored maximum marks and the latter scored no marks in the presentations.

Please note there will be some employees in the local government pension scheme, therefore Admitted Body Status will be expected.

Contract value = £2,286,000 (five years)

Contract term = three years with the option to extend for a further two years

The schools who will be participating in the tender will be:

• South Walney Juniors

• Cambridge Street Primary

• Newbarns Primary and Nursery

• Ormsgill School

• Chetwynde School

Please see PSQ Document for more information

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Barrow-in-Furness:-School-catering-services./5E99S92877

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/5E99S92877

Timeline

Published Date :

30th Jun 2025 Yesterday

Deadline :

7th Nov 2025 in a 4 months

Contract Start :

1st Mar 2026

Contract End :

28th Feb 2030

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Details

Notice Type :

Open opportunity

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

TenderBase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Region :

North Region

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Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Designation :

Chief Executive Officer

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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