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Published 11 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Collaborative Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Langley School (Education)·Consortium: 4 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£3,267,500≈ £654k / year
Submissions closed 21 Mar 2025
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for the four schools within The Collaborative Education Trust. The Trust consists of one Secondary and three primary schools in and around the Solihull area.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£3,267,500
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands · West Midlands
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
11 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
11 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004525
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dda3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-West-Midlands:-School-catering-services./7754X35446 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/7754X35446 GO Reference: GO-2025211-PRO-29386550

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

11 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    14 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

4 public bodies on the notice

Langley School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull, West Midlands, West Midlands, B92 7ERContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Coleshill Heath SchoolContracting authority Birmingham, West MidlandsContact email, phone
  • Haslucks Green Junior SchoolContracting authority Solihull, West MidlandsContact email, phone
  • Oak Cottage Primary SchoolContracting authority Solihull, West MidlandsContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria