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title: "Bohunt Education Trust ~ Catering Tender"
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# Bohunt Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bohunt-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05d696). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Bohunt Education Trust: "Bohunt Education Trust ~ Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £19,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: litmustms.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Bohunt Education Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bohunt-education-trust-GB-PPON-PLPY-5128-RYVY)
- **Published Value:** £19,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ3
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £19,000,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bohunt-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05d696#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05d696`

## 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/bohunt-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05d696#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [litmustms.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flitmustms.co.uk%2Frespond%2F5AFF53DQ47)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bohunt-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05d696#participate

## Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering and hospitality services for Bohunt Education Trust. 
10 schools are part of the tender, and we are seeking tender submissions for the whole contract.
The Bohunt Education Trust is a well-established Multi Academy Trust situated across, Berkshire, Hampshire, and West Sussex and will include at the commencement of this contract the following schools where the successful contractor will be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement.
The schools which will be part of the tender are:
 9 - Secondary Schools 1 – Primary delivered provision 
•Bohunt School – Liphook, Longmoor Road, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 7NY
•The Petersfield School, Cranford Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU23 3LU
•Bohunt Wokingham, Remount Drive, Arborfield, Reading, Berkshire RG2 9GB
•The Costello School, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 4AL
•Bohunt Farnborough, Neville Duke Road, Farnborough, GU14 9BY
•Bohunt Horsham, Bailey Road, Horsham, RH12 6AP
•Bohunt School Worthing, 65a Broadwater Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN14 8AH
•Priory Southsea, Fawcett Road, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 0DL
•Steyning Grammar School, Shooting Field, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3RX 
•Rusper Primary School, 2 Cooks Mead, Rusper, Horsham RH12 4PU (No catering facilities - currently delivered service for FSMs)
In addition to this the Multi Academy Trust is expected to grow in the number of schools becoming part of the trust during this contract period, and the provision of catering services within these schools when they have joined the MAT will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful contractor will be expected to provide the service within these additional schools using the same costing model, ratio’s etc they applied to their successful tender submission for the Bohunt Education Trust at the point of tender submission. The duration of the contract for these schools will not be increased, and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the MAT.
The contract being tendered is for 3 years in duration from 1st September 2026 until 31st August 2029, with the option to extend for further terms of 1 +1 years on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose Initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of all catering services within the trust. The high-quality service levels proposed, should maintain excellent standards throughout, resulting in a new food service offer with consistent high standards of food operations across all schools.
Regular customer and parental engagement (using digital platforms and social media) will be required to ensure this is the case moving into the contract term.
These new standards of operation should meet the n...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/bohunt-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05d696)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £19,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Accent Catering Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-165088`
  - Value: £19,000,000 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 06/05/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F069512-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-29T08:36:29.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:33:21.585Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05d696