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# Cabot Learning Federation  ~ Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabot-learning-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Cabot Learning Federation Multi Academy Trust: "Cabot Learning Federation  ~ Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £12,660,000. 5 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: litmustms.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Cabot Learning Federation Multi Academy Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/cabot-learning-federation-urn-149149)
- **Published Value:** £12,660,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 March 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 5
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK11, UKK12, UKK13, UKK23
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £12,660,000 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 5 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 7 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabot-learning-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4`

## 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/cabot-learning-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [litmustms.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flitmustms.co.uk%2Frespond%2FFM3VG2XD37)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabot-learning-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4#participate

## Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering and Hospitality Services for the Cabot Learning Federation.
The Cabot Learning Federation is well established Multi Academy Trust situated in Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire and may include at the commencement to this contract the following 36 sites where the successful contractor may be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. 
The 36 sites which may be part of this tender are:
•Begbrook Primary Academy, Begbrook Drive, Stapleton, BS16 1HG
•Broadoak Academy, Windwhistle Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP
•Brook Academy, Mill Lane, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
•Castle Primary School, Castle Street, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, TA14 6RE
•CLF Post 16, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD – (through John Cabot Academy)
•Digitech Studio School, Tower Road North, Warmley, BS30 8XQ
•Engage - Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR
•Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR
•Frome Vale Academy, Frenchay Road, Downend, BS16 2QS
•Hanham Woods Academy, Memorial Road, Hanham, BS15 3LA
•Hans Price Academy, Marchfields Way, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3QP
•Haywood Village Academy, 20 Whitney Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8ES
•Herons’ Moor Academy, Locking Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7DX
•John Cabot Academy, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD
•Kingsmead Academy Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, Taunton TA4 2NE (Provides delivered meals to outside CLF)
•King’s Oak Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT
•King’s Oak Primary Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT
•Lansdown Park Academy, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8SJ
•Lime Hills Academy, Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN – (Delivered Service from outside Cabot Learning Federation currently)
and Lime Hills Academy, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE 
•Minerva Primary Academy, The Greenway, Fishponds, BS16 4HA
•Minerva Primary School, Outer Circle, Somerset, TA1 2BU
•Monkton Wood Academy, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD
•Priorswood Primary School, Wedlands, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7AD (Provides a delivered service to Minerva Primary School)
•Queen Margaret Primary Academy, York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU
•Summerhill Academy, Plummer’s Hill, St George, BS5 7JU
•Tewkesbury Academy, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF
•The Redstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD (Provides a delivered service to Castle Primary School
•The Sky Academy, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW (Provides delivered meals to outside CLF)
•Uphill Village Academy, Old Church Road, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4XH
•Wallscourt Farm Academy, Longdown Avenue, Stoke Gifford, BS16 1GE
•Waycroft Academy, Selden Road, Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 8PS
•Wicklea Academy, Wick Road, Bristol, BS4 4HR
•Winterstoke Hundred Academy, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE
•Winterstoke Hundred Academy LP, Appre...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cabot-learning-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4)

## Lots (5)
### Lot 1: Somerset
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,531,886
- **Description:** Castle Primary School, Castle Street, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, TA14 6RE 
Kingsmead Academy Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, Taunton TA4 2NE 
The Sky Academy, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW 
Minerva Primary School, Outer Circle, Somerset, TA1 2BU
Monkton Wood Ac...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: North Somerset
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,883,640
- **Description:** Broadoak Academy, Windwhistle Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP
Hans Price Academy, Marchfields Way, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3QP
Haywood Village Academy, 20 Whitney Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8ES
Winterstoke Hundred Academy BF, Beaufighter Roa...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Bristol
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,587,104
- **Description:** Begbrook Primary Academy, Begbrook Drive, Stapleton, BS16 1HG
Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR
Engage - Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR
Frome Vale Academy, Frenchay Road, Downend, BS16 2QS
Lansdo...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 4: South Gloucestershire
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £2,531,973
- **Description:** Digitech Studio School, Tower Road North, Warmley, BS30 8XQ
Hanham Woods Academy, Memorial Road, Hanham, BS15 3LA
John Cabot Academy, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD
King’s Oak Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT
King’s Oak Primary Academy, B...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 5: Gloucestershire
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,125,397
- **Description:** Brook Academy, Mill Lane, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN
Queen Margaret Primary Academy, York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU
Tewkesbury Academy, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2026 to 31/08/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (5)
- **Award:** Somerset (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **INNOVATE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162731`
  - Value: £2,531,886 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/06/2026

- **Award:** North Somerset (pending)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **INNOVATE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162731`
  - Value: £2,883,640 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/06/2026

- **Award:** Bristol (pending)
  - Award id: `3`
  - Supplier(s): **INNOVATE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162731`
  - Value: £3,587,104 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/06/2026

- **Award:** South Gloucestershire (pending)
  - Award id: `4`
  - Supplier(s): **INNOVATE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162731`
  - Value: £2,531,973 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/06/2026

- **Award:** Gloucestershire (pending)
  - Award id: `5`
  - Supplier(s): **INNOVATE SERVICES LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-162731`
  - Value: £1,125,397 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 16/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F043406-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-19T12:18:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:25:34.888Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4