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Gateway 1 Procurement Commencement: School Catering Contract

 

 

Meeting: 01/10/2013 - Cabinet (Item 13)

13 Gateway 1 Procurement Commencement: Corporate School Meal Provision pdf icon PDF 49 KB

Minutes:

Background:

 

This report sought permission to commence the procurement of the school meal provision on behalf of Medway schools, which would deliver a sustainable, quality, value for money service to students in Medway within both small and large schools and which would meet nutritional standards for school meals, as set by government.

 

The report set out the various procurement options including a preferred option for consideration.

 

It was noted that the Gateway 1 report had been approved for submission to the Cabinet after review and discussion by the Children and Adult Directorate Management Team and Procurement Board.

 

An exempt appendix contained finance and whole-life costings information for this project.

 

Decision number:

Decision:

163/2013

The Cabinet approved the commencement for the procurement of school meals provision for Medway schools on the basis set out in paragraph 4.1 of the report.

Reasons:

 

The current contract is due to expire on 31 July 2014, therefore a contract needs to be in place for commencement on 1 August 2014.