School Meals (with concession) for St Patrick's College Lacken Cross

Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract as specified hereunder.
St Patrick’s College is a post primary DEIS school located in Lacken Cross, Co. Mayo. It is a constituent school of MSLETB. The school currently has approximately 187 registered second level students. Healthy eating is one element of wellbeing in which we are keen to further educate our students, including healthy lunch and break choices.
Proposals are now being sought from competent Food Caterers for the provision of school meals and a concession catering service at MSLETB St Patrick's College, Lacken cross.
The objective of this request for tender is to establish a contract for the supply and distribution of school meals with mixed onsite and offsite preparation. This will fall under the School Meals Programme funded by the Department of Social Protection.

Deadline

The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2023-03-27. The procurement was published on 2023-02-22.

Who?

• Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB

What?

• Catering services › School catering services

Where?

• Northern and Western › West

Procurement history

Date	Document
2023-02-22	Contract notice

Contract notice (2023-02-22)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: School catering services
Short description:

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract as specified hereunder. St Patrick’s College is a post primary DEIS school located in Lacken Cross, Co. Mayo. It is a constituent school of MSLETB. The school currently has approximately 187 registered second level students. Healthy eating is one element of wellbeing in which we are keen to further educate our students, including healthy lunch and break choices. Proposals are now being sought from competent Food Caterers for the provision of school meals and a concession catering service at MSLETB St Patrick's College, Lacken cross. The objective of this request for tender is to establish a contract for the supply and distribution of school meals with mixed onsite and offsite preparation. This will fall under the School Meals Programme funded by the Department of Social Protection.

Notice metadata
Original language: English 🗣️
Document type: Contract notice
Nature of contract: Services
Regulation: European Union, with participation of GPA countries
Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
Code: School catering services 📦
Additional CPV: Catering services 📦
Place of performance
NUTS region: West 🏙️

Procedure
Procedure type: Open procedure
Type of bid: Submission for all lots
Award criteria
The most economic tender

Contracting authority
Identity
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Awarding authority type: Regional or local authority
Awarding authority name: Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB
Postal address: Quay Street
Postal code: Sligo
Postal town: Sligo
Contact
Internet address: http://www.msletb.ie/ 🌏
E-mail: emmacsmith@msletb.ie 📧
Phone: +353 719194800 📞
URL for documents: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234588&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏
URL for participation: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234588&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Reference
Dates
Date dispatched: 2023-02-22 📅
Submission deadline: 2023-03-27 📅
Publication date: 2023-02-27 📅
Identifiers
Notice number: 2023/S 041-120227
OJ-S issue: 41

Object
Scope of the procurement
Short description:

The Contracting Authority proposes to engage in a competitive process for the award of a contract as specified hereunder.

St Patrick’s College is a post primary DEIS school located in Lacken Cross, Co. Mayo. It is a constituent school of MSLETB. The school currently has approximately 187 registered second level students. Healthy eating is one element of wellbeing in which we are keen to further educate our students, including healthy lunch and break choices.

Proposals are now being sought from competent Food Caterers for the provision of school meals and a concession catering service at MSLETB St Patrick's College, Lacken cross.

The objective of this request for tender is to establish a contract for the supply and distribution of school meals with mixed onsite and offsite preparation. This will fall under the School Meals Programme funded by the Department of Social Protection.

Estimated total value: 400 000 EUR 💰
Short description:

The Contracting Authority requires the provision of a sustainable (evolving process) healthy, balanced and nutritious catering service to its students, staff and visitors using the existing School canteen areas and kitchenette ancillary areas. A high quality, responsive and flexible service is required in providing a range of hot and cold foods and beverages. The menu must be in line with the School’s Healthy Eating Policy, the Department of Health guidelines for healthy eating and the requirements of the School Meals Scheme.

In order to prevent menu-fatigue a varied choice of meals should be provided and seasonality of produce considered. The successful tenderer will be expected to create value for money menus taking into consideration the socio-economic conditions of the area and must also provide a number of ‘special theme’ catering days as the occasion demands.

Lunch meal deals are also encouraged i.e. hot lunch, fruit and drink package etc. Consideration should also be given for the range of dietary needs (cultural/health) and all information on the menus and labelling of all products should reflect same

Funding is provided for School Meals (Local projects) Scheme through the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Funding is allocated on a school year basis and must be applied for each year. There is no automatic entitlement to funding and all applications are considered on the available budget for the Scheme. Whilst this competition is being run for a specific period it is entirely dependent on the aforementioned funding, and MSLETB reserve the right to cancel the contract in the event that funding is no longer forthcoming.

In addition to the School Meals Scheme, this tender process provides a concession arrangement whereby students and staff can purchase products directly. A full list of offerings will be required with pricing for all items offered for sale to staff can purchase products directly.

Estimated value excluding VAT: 400 000 EUR 💰
Duration: 24 months
Description of renewals:

Two (2) extensions of twenty four (24) months each, subject to satisfactory performance.

Place of performance
Main site or place of performance: Lacken Cross, Co. Mayo

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
Suitability to pursue the professional activity: Refer to tender documents on e-Tenders 233461
Information about a particular profession: Services
Reference to relevant legislative or regulatory provisions:

For the hospitality/catering sector with certification in Food Safety and all legislation regarding the provision of food

Procedure
Legal basis: 32014L0024
Time of receipt of tenders: 11:00
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English 🗣️
Irish 🗣️
Tender validity period: 12 months
Tender opening date: 2023-03-27 📅
Tender opening time: 11:00

Contracting authority
Identity
National registration number: N/a
Contact
Contact point: Emma Smith
Address of the buyer profile: https://irl.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/1692 🌏
Documents URL: http://irl.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=234588&B=ETENDERS_SIMPLE 🌏

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court
Postal address: Four Courts
Postal town: Dublin 7
Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@highcourts.ie 📧
Information about review deadlines: Inside Standstill Period as indicated in the Tender Documents
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Same as: Review body
Source: OJS 2023/S 041-120227 (2023-02-22)

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