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Catering Contract Three Spires Trust (Wolverhampton)

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BuyerTHREE SPIRES TRUST
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Sept 2026
Value£3,750,000
Published27 Jul 2026

What is being bought

The 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.

Delivery location

UKG39, GB

Categories

School catering services 55524000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
Value£3,750,000
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Mar 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
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. (70%)
Price — Suppliers are required to complete a financial response which is evaluated and scored as detailed in the tender documents. (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1School catering servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 55. The category anchor is School catering services (55524000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 552,3924 median · 12.4 average (930 of 2,392 with a bid count)1.8 average (964 of 2,392 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG39145 median · 5.9 average (7 of 14 with a bid count)1.1 average (7 of 14 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2261 median · 1 average (1 of 226 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 226 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06d432
Latest release ID070747-2026
Latest release timestampMon Jul 27 2026 11:21:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070747-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadline2026-09-04T12:00:00+01:00
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2027-02-01T23:59:59Z
Submission method detailshttps://bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£3,750,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
27 Jul 2026tender070747-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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