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title: "Ashlyns School Catering Tender"
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# Ashlyns School Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ashlyns-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0320f9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ashlyns School: "Ashlyns School Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,650,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Ashlyns School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ashlyns-school-urn-117578)
- **Published Value:** £1,650,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 April 2022 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,260,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0320f9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ashlyns-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0320f9#tl-md)

## Description
Ashlyns School is a large, successful secondary school in Berkhamsted with 1,500 pupils from Year 7 to Sixth Form. The school has two adjacent wooden panelled restaurants and serving counters which are very busy over service times. There is a separate sixth form cafe with a modern, high-street style counter and barista coffee service along with a separate seating area. There is a large outdoor covered seating area and the school has a lot of outdoor space available. The school is situated in a stunning 18th Century Foundling Hospital and the school has been used as a set location for many films including The Crown and Golda. With a busy service running in term time the school has a growing, year-round venue hire, sports hire, events and Lets department. The Lettings and Events Office will need specific support from the successful bidder in delivering high quality catering for these events.  The school is looking for a professional education caterer that can deliver excellent food

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The school are tendering their catering services with a contract start date of 1st September 2022 and will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satis...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Ashlyns School Catering Services Contract (active)
  - Award id: `024182-2022-CCL_101-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Culinera Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-102180`
  - Value: £1,260,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Ashlyns School Catering Services Contract (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,260,000
  - Signed Date: 08/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024182-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-30T14:25:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T08:10:35.695Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0320f9