Official UK procurement notice
ACES Academies trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: ACES Academies Trust (Education)·Consortium: 6 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionACES Academies Trust currently comprises one large secondary School (Hinchingbrooke School) and four primary school (Cromwell Academy, Godmanchester Bridge Academy, Godmanchester Community Academy and Spaldwick Primary school), all situated on the western approaches to Huntingdon and within a 5-mile radius.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£2,500,000
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 Feb 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Feb 2025, 19:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003739- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dba8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Huntingdon:-School-catering-services./2BD9M55V9X To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/2BD9M55V9X GO Reference: GO-202524-PRO-29301624
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
Timeline
4 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published4 Feb 2025, 19:05 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected7 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
6 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Cromwell AcademyContracting authority
- Godmanchester Bridge AcademyContracting authority
- Godmanchester Community AcademyContracting authority
- Hinchingbrooke SchoolContracting authority
- Spaldwick Primary SchoolContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria