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title: "Award of School Catering Services Contract for Watford Grammar School for Boys"
url: "https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-school-catering-services-contract-for-watford-grammar-school-for-boys-ocds-h6vhtk-03972e"
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# Award of School Catering Services Contract for Watford Grammar School for Boys

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-school-catering-services-contract-for-watford-grammar-school-for-boys-ocds-h6vhtk-03972e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Watford Grammar School for Boys c/o Panache Consultancy: "Award of School Catering Services Contract for Watford Grammar School for Boys". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Feb 2023. Published submission portal: www.panacheconsultancy.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Watford Grammar School for Boys c/o Panache Consultancy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/watford-grammar-school-for-boys-c-o-panache-consultancy-urn-136276)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 February 2023 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH, UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,771,226 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03972e`

## 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/award-of-school-catering-services-contract-for-watford-grammar-school-for-boys-ocds-h6vhtk-03972e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [panacheconsultancy.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.panacheconsultancy.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-school-catering-services-contract-for-watford-grammar-school-for-boys-ocds-h6vhtk-03972e#participate

## Description
Procurement exercise to source a school meals catering supplier for a 3 year contract (plus possible extension on a +1year, +1year basis).

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

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 032026-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Aramark Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-185240`
  - Value: £1,771,226 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 032026-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,771,226
  - Signed Date: 29/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032026-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-30T15:53:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T15:01:23.973Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03972e