Official UK procurement notice
Consortium Trust tender for catering services
Authority: Consortium Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionConsortium Trust is a family of schools and educational provisions with the fundamental aim to not only maintain but to enhance quality education at the centre of their communities across East Anglia. They are seeking a contractor to provide catering services at 14 of their sites; 11 primary schools, 2 special through schools and 1 private nursery. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st September 2026 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), from Day One of the contract. The Client is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1: SQ Stage 2: Advertisement Stage 3: ITT Stage 4: Standstill Stage 5: Award
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,020,000
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 sub-criteria (6)
- Clarification Meet: 10%
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Relationship Management & Support: 15%
- Customer Experience And Innovation: 15%
- Price: 30%
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Clarification Meet
- Price
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value
- Relationship Management & Support
- Customer Experience And Innovation
- 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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 30 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Jul 2026, 16:44 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Sept 2026
- Authority reference
CA17079- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008572- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-061341Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1: SQ
Stage 2: Advertisement
Stage 3: ITT
Stage 4: Standstill
Stage 5: Award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
30 Jan 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published266 days ago30 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMT
- Clarification questions by235 days ago2 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline228 days ago9 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent133 days ago12 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published112 days ago3 Jul 2026, 16:44 BST
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by51 days ago1 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jan 2026- Tender notice published30 Jan 2026, 15:26 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published3 Jul 2026, 16:44 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete3 Jul 2026, 16:44 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pantry1 Sept 2026 – 31 Aug 2029 · up to 31 Aug 2031Extensions: Extensions allowed: Yes (2 x 12 months) | £1,558,178 | 12 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders · 5 at stage one | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- THE PANTRY (UK) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender