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title: "Catering Services to Firs Farm Primary School and Oakthorpe Primary School"
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# Catering Services to Firs Farm Primary School and Oakthorpe Primary School

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-to-firs-farm-primary-school-and-oakthorpe-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-03c249). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Firs Farm Primary School and Oakthorpe Primary School C/o SSC Partnership Limited: "Catering Services to Firs Farm Primary School and Oakthorpe Primary School". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 May 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Firs Farm Primary School and Oakthorpe Primary School C/o SSC Partnership Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/firs-farm-primary-school-and-oakthorpe-primary-school-c-o-ss-GB-FTS-80706)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 May 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Canteen and catering services, Catering services, School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI54
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £2,250,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03c249`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-to-firs-farm-primary-school-and-oakthorpe-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-03c249#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsscpartnership)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/catering-services-to-firs-farm-primary-school-and-oakthorpe-primary-school-ocds-h6vhtk-03c249#participate

## Description
SSC Partnership on behalf of Firs Farm and Oakthorpe Primary Schools are currently out to tender for the provision of catering services.Suppliers that would like to take part in this tender process are invited to Express Interest upon which the will be given access to the full tender documentation delivery through this e-tendering system.When the tender documents have been made available involved suppliers will receive notification via email and the tender documents can be accessed from the My Tenders area of this website and selecting the View Details button of this project.The deadline for submissions of the tender will be 23rd May 2023.Company site visits will take place on Thursday 4th May (more details  in the ITT).Please allow sufficient time to make your return as late returns will not be permitted.Any questions relating to this tender should be made via correspondence on the website and can be addressed to the main contact as shown in the details above

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55500000, 55520000, 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** In completing the tender documentation, the Tenderer shall prepare and submit its tender giving adequate consideration to the entire tender package. Tender submissions should clearly demonstrate:A thorough understanding of the Scope of WorkAbility to...
- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2023 to 31/07/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services for Firs Farm and Oakthorpe Primary Schools (active)
  - Award id: `029844-2023-SSC FFPS_OTPS CTR 08_23-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Taylor Shaw**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169026`
  - Value: £2,250,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services for Firs Farm and Oakthorpe Primary Schools (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,250,000
  - Signed Date: 09/07/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F029844-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-10T14:04:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T23:03:37.721Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03c249