Official UK procurement notice
Catering Services - Palladian Academy Trust
Authority: PALLADIAN ACADEMY TRUST (Public body)·On behalf of: ACE Advice Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Palladian Academy Trust is seeking a single supplier to provide catering to all thirteen of its schools in in the Bath area. One secondary school and twelve primary schools.
The Trust reserves the right to add 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 two Local Government Pension Schemes.
- Not divided into lots: The trust wishes to appoint one single supplier for this contract.
- How the procedure runs: The Palladian Academy Trust is tendering to appoint a single catering contractor to mage the catering services for its thirteen school located in and around the Bath area. The Trust reserves the right to add and remove remove schools as the trust operations progress. The supplier will have experience in operating school catering is trusts for both secondary and primary schools. The successful supplier will be required to gain admitted body status to the two Local Government Pension Schemes.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£6,000,000
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 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 provided.
- Price: Suppliers are required to complete a financial response which is evaluated and scored as detailed in the tender documents.
- 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
- 7 Sept 2026, 08:59 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Sept 2026, 08:59 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Jan 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-084184- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f300Find a Tender
- How it runs
The Palladian Academy Trust is tendering to appoint a single catering contractor to mage the catering services for its thirteen school located in and around the Bath area. The Trust reserves the right to add and remove remove schools as the trust operations progress.
The supplier will have experience in operating school catering is trusts for both secondary and primary schools.
The successful supplier will be required to gain admitted body status to the two Local Government Pension Schemes.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice ↗
Suppliers must register interest to be given access to the tender documents.
Timeline
7 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published46 days ago7 Sept 2026, 08:59 BST
- Clarification questions by41 days ago11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline28 days ago25 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today23 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 81 days11 Jan 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 published7 Sept 2026, 08:59 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- ACE Advice LimitedBeneficiary authority
- ACE ADVICE LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityCatering Consultant and Procurement Support
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Suppliers express interest and access the Bidiful Portal where the documents for this tender can be found. Returns are also uploaded to this portal. To gain access to the documentation please email [email protected]
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender