Official UK procurement notice
Alcester Grammar School tender for catering services
Authority: Alcester Grammar school (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAlcester Grammar School is a secondary, co-educational school situated at Alcester, Warwickshire. There are currently circa 1300 pupils on roll aged 11 to 18yrs. Alcester Grammar School is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities within the School and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st November 2026 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1: SQ Stage 2: Advertisement Stage 3: ITT Stage 4: Standstill Stage 5: Award
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,203,621
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15%
- Customer Experience And Innovation: 15%
- Price: 30%
- Corporate, Social Responsibility and Added Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices
- Clarification Meeting
- Price
- Relationship Management & Support
- Corporate, Social Responsibility and Added Value
- Customer Experience And Innovation
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Feb 2026, 12:33 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Jul 2026, 13:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Nov 2026
- Authority reference
CA17154- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010440- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0648d2Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1: SQ
Stage 2: Advertisement
Stage 3: ITT
Stage 4: Standstill
Stage 5: Award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
5 Feb 2026 → 1 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published260 days ago5 Feb 2026, 12:33 GMT
- Clarification questions by235 days ago2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline228 days ago9 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent115 days ago30 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published92 days ago23 Jul 2026, 13:33 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 9 days1 Nov 2026
- Award decision expected byin 10 days1 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Feb 2026- Tender notice published5 Feb 2026, 12:33 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published30 Jun 2026, 09:21 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jun 2026, 09:21 BST
- Contract details notice published23 Jul 2026, 13:33 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culinera LimitedSME1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months) | £1,645,435 | 27 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Alcester Grammar School tender for catering services · Culinera LimitedSME
- Signed
- 29 Jun 2026
- Value
- £1,645,435
- Period
- 1 Nov 2026 – 31 Oct 2029 · up to 31 Oct 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months)
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- CULINERA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- CULINERA LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender