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title: "Aylesbury Vale Academy - Catering Services"
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# Aylesbury Vale Academy - Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aylesbury-vale-academy-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-048377). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Aylesbury Vale Academy: "Aylesbury Vale Academy - Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 Aug 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Aylesbury Vale Academy](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-aylesbury-vale-academy-urn-135879)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 August 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ13
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,278,505 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aylesbury-vale-academy-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-048377#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048377`

## 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/aylesbury-vale-academy-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-048377#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fminervapcs%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/aylesbury-vale-academy-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-048377#participate

## Description
Aylesbury Vale Academy is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The services at the academy are an outsourced provision.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the academy This will consist of breakfast, morning break and full lunch service for each school day, the Sixth Form serves throughout the day.The catering facilities at the school include two kitchens but one (Primary) does not function as a kitchen it is just used as a servery and for washing up and there are two dining areas in Secondary (Atrium/Dining and main hall) and one in Primary (main hall).Across the school there are currently 1817 pupils on roll for the academic year 2023/24.  Of this figure, 173 pupils are entitled to UIFSM and a further 377 to Free School Meals. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.  There is no LGPS requirement.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** Aylesbury Vale Academy is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The services at the Aylesbury Vale Academy are an outsourced provision.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food cat...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `001674-2025-Aylesbury Vale Academy-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Harrison Catering Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-158897`
  - Value: £3,278,505 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,278,505
  - Signed Date: 11/12/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001674-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-17T12:06:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:55:51.400Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048377