Official UK procurement notice
Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic MAT Tender for Catering Services - Secondary and Primary
Authority: Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi-Academy Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust is seeking a contractor to provide catering services at 3 of their schools based in Blackpool:
- St Mary’s Catholic Academy (secondary academy)
- Christ The King Catholic Academy (primary academy)
- St Cuthbert’s Catholic Academy (primary academy)
St. Mary’s and Christ the King are built on the same site along with Christ the King Catholic Church, which is part of the Christ the King and St Kentigern’s Parish. St Cuthbert’s is located a few miles away in south Blackpool.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 10th April 2026 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), from Day One of the contract.
The Client is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1,854,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (6)
- Clarification meeting: 10%
- Customer Experience & Innovation: 15%
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15%
- Financials: 30%
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Clarification meeting
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value
- Customer Experience & Innovation
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices
- Financials
- Relationship Management & Support
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 08:50 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jul 2025, 08:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
CA16131- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036604- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05572bFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 22 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 10 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 08:50 BST
- Clarification questions by22 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 Sept 2025, 11:00 BST
- Contract starts196 days ago10 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by195 days ago10 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 08:50 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender