Official UK procurement notice
Cardinal Hume Academies Trust - Contract Award Notice
Procurement agent: Educo·On behalf of: Cardinal Hume Academies Trust - Contract Award Notice (from the title)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEduco Catering & Facilities Company was commissioned to complete a tendering process for the catering services on behalf of The Cardinal Hume Academies Trust that consists of Bishop Douglass School (Finchley), Salvatorian RC College (Harrow) and St George’s Catholic School (Maida Vale).
Through this tender the Trust sought to engage a Contractor that is committed to delivering a consistent quality service throughout the year and will independently choose the most suitable bidder for their needs. The Trust is keen to increase the level of student engagement through innovation and creativity ensuring the team on site is suitably supported and trained to enable this.
The Trust require the provision of catering during term-time for pupils and staff.
- How the procedure runs: 2 stage tender process through mytenders portal. Stage 1 response to questions in the Selection Questionnaire will be evaluated and scored with the highest scoring being invited to stage 2. Stage 2 response to proposed financial and operational submissions will be scored and evaluated with the highest scoring being invited to present to the client who will select their preferred supplier
- No preliminary market engagement: there are multiple stages within this process
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,931,000
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 (2)
- Finances: 20%
- Operational: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Finances: Responses provided to Section 8.0 of the Selection Questionnaire
- Operational: Responses to Section 9.0 of the Selection Questionnaire
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Jan 2026, 20:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 11:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 31 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-005997- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-060cdcFind a Tender
- How it runs
2 stage tender process through mytenders portal.
Stage 1 response to questions in the Selection Questionnaire will be evaluated and scored with the highest scoring being invited to stage 2.
Stage 2 response to proposed financial and operational submissions will be scored and evaluated with the highest scoring being invited to present to the client who will select their preferred supplier
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
22 Jan 2026 → 15 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published267 days ago22 Jan 2026, 20:13 GMT
- Clarification questions by235 days ago23 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline228 days ago2 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by138 days ago31 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent137 days ago2 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends127 days ago11 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts77 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published1 day ago15 Oct 2026, 11:42 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Jan 2026- Tender notice published22 Jan 2026, 20:13 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published2 Jun 2026, 14:31 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete2 Jun 2026, 14:31 BST
- Contract signature expected29 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published15 Oct 2026, 11:42 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive DiningCardinal Hume Academy Trust - catering notice to award1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: one year, plus one year pursuant to satisfactory completion of contract term and attainment of kpi's | £5,515,356 | 2 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Cardinal Hume Academies Trust - Catering · Olive Dining
- Signed
- 6 Jul 2026
- Value
- £5,515,357
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- completion of initial contract term with option to extend with one year plus one year
6 agreed KPIs: 1 · 2 · 3 …
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonOlive Dining · South East England
- did not winAccent · South East England
- did not winInnovate · South East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Cardinal Hume Academies Trust - Contract Award NoticeBeneficiary authoritynamed in the title
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- AccentBidder / tenderer
- InnovateBidder / tenderer
- Olive DiningAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: all documents will be uploaded to the mytenders portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender