Official UK procurement notice
Castle School Catering Tender
Authority: Castle School (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe school is putting its catering tender out to contract with a contract start date of 1st September 2025. Castle School is an all age special educational needs school.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Pupil Numbers:Renewal
Pupil Numbers:
Nursery 0
Reception 2
Year 1 3
Year 2 2
Year 3 11
Year 4 16
Year 5 19
Year 6 23
Year 7 11
Year 8 29
Year 9 25
Year 10 16
Year 11 11
Sixth Form 52
Total 220
Pricings/Sales
Meal Deal Price - N/A
UIFSM - Entitled: 7 (of which 3 are also FSM eligible) / Uptake: 6 hot lunch / 1 nil by mouth / Value: 2.65 GBP
FSM - Entitled: 105 (of which 3 are also UIFSM) / Uptake: 69 / Value: 2.65 GBP
Pupil Paid Meals - Uptake: 37 / Value: 2.65 GBP
Staff Duty Meal - N/A
Staff Paid Meals - No of Staff: 130 / Uptake: 1 / Value: 3.70 GBP
Sales over 12 months
UIFSM Sales 6,978 GBP
FSM Sales 32,716 GBP
Pupil Paid Meal Sales 7,586 GBP (primary, secondary and sixth form sales included)
Staff Duty Meal Sales N/A
Staff Cash Sales 694 GBP
Hospitality Sales N/A
Service Times
Breakfast: N/A
Break: N/A
Lunch: 12:00, 12:30 and 13:00
Locked in Policy: Yes
Current Contractor: Aspens
Catering is for the main site on Courtney Way only
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Jan 2025, 14:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Jan 2025, 14:03 GMT
- Authority reference
RM&C/2025/CS/458- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001711- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d43dFind a Tender
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Jan 2025 → 27 Mar 2025 · 3 dates- Notice published17 Jan 2025, 14:03 GMT
- Submission deadline7 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected27 Mar 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
- RM&C Consultants LTdMediation body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.