Official UK procurement notice
Anthem Schools Trust - Catering Services Tender
Authority: ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAnthem Schools Trust are seeking Catering service providers to tender for the provision of all catering services presently offered within St Mark’s Academy, Oakbank School, Oxford Spires Academy and Gladstone Park Primary School, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch and all hospitality and free issue requirements.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Anthem Schools Trust serves over 8,000 Students in 16 non-selective Primary and…Awarded
Anthem Schools Trust serves over 8,000 Students in 16 non-selective Primary and Secondary Schools across the East Midlands, London and the Thames Valley.
The Trust’s Schools are set within a wide variety of contexts and communities, from remote rural settings to inner cities and provincial suburbs. This means that Anthem Students have hugely diverse backgrounds and experiences, talents and challenges.
The Schools within the Trust work to ensure, collectively, that every Student in every Anthem School receives the best possible quality of education, all the time.
Anthem Schools Trust are seeking Catering service providers to tender for the provision of all catering services presently offered within St Mark’s Academy, Oakbank School, Oxford Spires Academy and Gladstone Park Primary School, which currently includes breakfast, morning break, lunch and all hospitality and free issue requirements.
The contract will be for three years in duration, with the option to extend for a further one period of up to two years and with a commencement date of 01 August 2025.
Full details will be included in the Invitation to Tender.
TUPE regulations apply to this contract, which involves the transfer of existing catering staff, of which some may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme, requiring arrangements to be made for 'Admitted Body' status with the relevant pension fund.
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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).
- Price
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 29 Jan 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-042790- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d704Find a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://invictus-inport.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=968298263 GO Reference: GO-2025724-PRO-31555359
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Notice published24 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete24 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Innovate Services | £3,695,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 042790-2025-002969-1 · Innovate Services
- Signed
- 7 Jul 2025
- Value
- £3,695,000
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Innovate Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria