Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School

• A large Catholic High School and Sports College in Liverpool with over 1300 pupils.
  
  
• The school was unhappy with their exisiting service and looking at going out to tender.
  
  
• RPJ3 Group provided support and managed the transfer from Local Authority to in-house catering.
  
  
  
• The key benefits:
  
  

  	A pupil-focused policy and service.
  	A cost of £30k turned into a contribution of £40k.
  	More pupils having meals.
  	Improved quality and variety of food.

Cheshire Primary Schools Group

• One of a number of group and MAT catering tenders that we have managed, this is a group of 8 primary schools in Cheshire East.
  
  
• In 2011 we reviewed services and managed the complete tender process resulting in contract award to one bidder.
  
  
• We audited and monitored contract performance, offering support and advise to all parties throughout the contract.
  
  
• In 2017 we managed a full retender with the new contract going live on 2018.
  
  
• The key benefits:
  
  

  	Substantial cost savings.
  	Ongoing expert advice and support.

The Liverpool Joint Catholic and Church of England Academies Trust

• A Multi Academies Trust based in Liverpool.
  
  
• As part of a wide and varied support service on catering and other soft services for the Trust, in 2017 we were requested to review their cleaning services across the Trust.
  
  
• Following a detailed benchmark on costs by site, we managed the complete tender process resulting in contract award to one bidder.
  
  
• The key benefits:
  
  

  	Substantial cost savings due to economies of scale.
  	Improved quality of service.
  	On going advice and support.