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title: "Biddick Academy Catering Services Tender"
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# Biddick Academy Catering Services Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/biddick-academy-catering-services-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-044ee4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED: "Biddick Academy Catering Services Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 21 May 2024, 09:30 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [RED BOX CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/red-box-consultancy-services-limited-coh-05126781)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 21 May 2024 at 09:30 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,327,800 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044ee4`

## 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/biddick-academy-catering-services-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-044ee4#tl-md)

## Description
Issue of Invitation to Tender 2nd April 2024
Bidding Companies to Visit Sites 24th April 2024
Clarification Deadline 13th May 2024
Clarification Return Deadline * 15th May 2024
Deadline for return of Tender Responses 21st May 2024
Presentation by shortlisted bidders to the School 4th June 2024
Reference site visits TBC
Contract Awarded by 19th June 2024
Mobilisation Meeting Late June 2024
Contract Commencement 1st September 2024

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

- **Description:** Biddick Academy has decided to tender their catering services to investigate the financial and qualitative benefits they could be offered through this process.
Further specifics about the school are given later in the document under 'The School'.
The...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021951-2024-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **HUTCHISON CATERING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148819`
  - Value: £1,327,800 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021951-2024-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,327,800
  - Signed Date: 28/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021951-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-17T08:09:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T12:08:56.599Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044ee4