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Published 29 Jan 2025, 14:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Anthem Schools Trust - Catering Services Tender

Official notice

Authority: ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£3,695,000≈ £739k / year
Submissions closed 28 Feb 2025awarded 7 Jul 2025
Awarded to Innovate Services
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

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.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Anthem Schools Trust serves over 8,000 Students in 16 non-selective Primary and…Awarded 5 yrs

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.

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: London, South East · LONDON,Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • 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)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI)South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d704 Find 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
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    24 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 Jul 2025, 14:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £3,695,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Jul 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
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

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Anthem Schools Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 8-10 Grosvenor Gardens, Victoria, London, London, SW1W 0DHContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Innovate Services LtdAwarded supplier06420662 St Andrews House, West Street, Woking, South East, GU21 6EB

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria