The Strategic Director for People will submit a report seeking approval of contracts to supply food and catering consumables within the Education Catering Service to enable and support the delivery of the statutory provision of school meals (Free School Meals, Paid for Meals and Universal Infant Free School Meals) to 67 infant, junior, primary and special schools as well as a number of primary and secondary academies across the City.

The contracts will also supply the food and ingredients for production of freshly prepared, hot community meals for the vulnerable and elderly.

A background paper to this report can be accessed at the Council’s website Council and Democracy/Councillors and Committees/Library/Cabinet background papers or using the following hyperlink –

http://tinyurl.com/q3d6bmh

A separate report containing commercially sensitive details will also be submitted.

Carole Burgoyne (Strategic Director for People) submitted a report on the tendering exercise for the supply of food and catering consumables within the Education Catering Service.  The contracts would enable and support the delivery of the statutory provision of school meals and for community meals for the vulnerable and elderly, and were proposed for a period of three years to commence on 1 October 2014 (with an option to extend for a further two x one year periods)

Councillor McDonald (Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Public Health) introduced the proposals and referred to the separate private contract award report, which contained commercially sensitive information and was referred to in minute 14 below. 

Judith Harwood (Assistant Director for Education, Learning and Families) attended the meeting for this item.    

Alternative options considered and reasons for the decision –

As set out in the report.

Agreed that the contracts for food and catering consumables are awarded to the suppliers with the highest scores in each Lot, as follows, for a period of three years to commence on 1 October 2014 (with an option to extend for a further two x one year periods) -