Official UK procurement notice
Catering Contract Three Spires Trust (Wolverhampton)
Authority: THREE SPIRES TRUST (Public body)·On behalf of: ACE Advice Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Trust is seeking a single supplier to provide catering to three of its schools in Wolverhampton. Two secondary schools and one primary school.
The Trust reserves the right to add other schools currently in the Trust and for any new schools joining the Trust to the contract should it be required.
The successful supplier will be required to gain admitted body status to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- How the procedure runs: There is a qualification stage used to identify suitable suppliers by their business profile, as found on the Central Digital Platform, supplier references and their technical capabilities. This is a two stage process, with an initial selection stage to create a shortlisted group of bidders, who will be invited to participate in the second stage - the ITT
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,750,000
- Condition of participationshortlisting
There is a qualification stage used to identify suitable suppliers by their business profile, as found on the Central Digital Platform, supplier references and their technical capabilities.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: Suppliers are required to submit a written response to specific questions related to their service proposal. The responses are evaluated and scored as per the evaluation process in the tender documents.
- Price: Suppliers are required to complete a financial response which is evaluated and scored as detailed in the tender documents.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
There is a qualification stage used to identify suitable suppliers by their business profile, as found on the Central Digital Platform, supplier references and their technical capabilities.
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Feb 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070747- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d432Find a Tender
- How it runs
There is a qualification stage used to identify suitable suppliers by their business profile, as found on the Central Digital Platform, supplier references and their technical capabilities.
This is a two stage process, with an initial selection stage to create a shortlisted group of bidders, who will be invited to participate in the second stage - the ITT
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Jul 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 12:21 BST
- Submission deadline48 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 102 days1 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 160 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Jul 2026, 12:21 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- ACE Advice LimitedBeneficiary authority
- ACADEMY CONSULTANCY EXPERT ADVICE LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityCatering Consultant
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender