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# CE-01206 - Venturers Trust Catering

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01206-venturers-trust-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Venturers Trust: "CE-01206 - Venturers Trust Catering". Published status: complete. Published Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 May 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Venturers Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/venturers-trust-GB-FTS-10905)
- **Published Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 May 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £5,304,909 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01206-venturers-trust-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9`

## 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/ce-01206-venturers-trust-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fschoolsbuyingclub)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ce-01206-venturers-trust-catering-ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9#participate

## Description
Venturers Trust, a multi-academy trust is an ambitious and diverse family of schools comprising Primary, Secondary, all-age schools, and a Special school, with a total of 3,500 pupils and 700 staff. The academies within Venturers Trust are located in two clusters, one in South Bristol and the other in East Central Bristol, the academies are based on 8 Different sites. Venturers Trust is privileged to work with an incredibly diverse and vibrant set of communities, and they take their educational commitment to them extremely seriously.This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic catering team to work in partnership with all our schools to develop an outstandingly consistent catering service across the Trust and who can provide a professional reliable high-quality food service for the Trust.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £7,000,000
- **Description:** Venturers Trust, a multi-academy trust is an ambitious and diverse family of schools comprising Primary, Secondary, all-age schools, and a Special school, with a total of 3,500 pupils and 700 staff. The academies within Venturers Trust are located in...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Venturers Trust - Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `028805-2021-CE-01206-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aspens Services Ltd **
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175495`
  - Value: £5,304,909 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Venturers Trust - Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £5,304,909
  - Signed Date: 04/07/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028805-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-11-18T12:37:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T05:03:32.299Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a1c9