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Moulton College Outsourced Catering Service

Moulton College

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Moulton College

Buyer Address: West Street, Moulton, UKF24, NN3 7RR, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Jenny Swainson

Contact Email: jenny@pureproc.co.uk

Status
active
Procedure
open
Value
3300000.0 GBP
Gross: 3960000 GBP
Published
08 May 2025, 19:56
Deadline
06 Jun 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
services
CPV
55510000 - Canteen services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
n/a
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Moulton College wishes to appoint a company to provide a fully managed catering service to College students and staff, with occasional pre-arranged catering of events. However, the Provider is actively encouraged to maximise the commercial opportunity available to expand the service by offering catering / refreshments for evening and weekend events and to external customers. The primary objective of the contract is to ensure that a high standard of catering is maintained, providing a highly proactive, appealing, and nutritious catering service that makes a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of the students. The Customer is seeking to enter into a contract with a Provider who: •is a suitably qualified supplier of catering services, •can deliver a fully managed, outsourced catering service to the Customer's sites, •can offer an affordable contract costing model, ultimately reducing the cost to the Customer, •will support the Customer's aims of providing high quality, healthy and nutritious meals, at an affordable price, •will work in close partnership with the Customer to offer age appropriate, hot and cold meals which exceed the Government's requirements for School Food Standards and take into account individual student dietary requirements where necessary, •will work with the Customer to market and maximise the number of student meals being bought, •will maximise the commercial opportunity offered by the Customer's catering facilities, particularly the coffee shops, by taking advantaged of additional opportunities offered by weekend and evening events (sporting events, open days etc.). The Contract will be for a period of three years with three options to extend of 12 months each. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Northamptonshire:-Canteen-and-catering-services./25277HV357 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25277HV357

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Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Northamptonshire:-Canteen-and-catering-services./25277HV357

Link Description: All tender documents available, and submissions to be made through the Delta eSourcing portal

External Link: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019900-2025

Link Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

Lots

Lot 1 Status: active

Lot 1 Value: GBP 3,300,000

Lot 1 Value (Gross): GBP 3,960,000

Lot 1 Contract Start: 2025-09-01T00:00:00+01:00

Lot 1 Contract End: 2028-08-31T23:59:59+01:00

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): quality (60%)

Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): cost (40%)

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Document Description: All tender documents available, and submissions to be made through the Delta eSourcing portal

Document Description: Tender notice on Find a Tender

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