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title: "Denefield School - Catering Services"
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# Denefield School - Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/denefield-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030071). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Denefield School: "Denefield School - Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £1,300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 20 Jan 2022, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Denefield School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/denefield-school-urn-137777)
- **Published Value:** £1,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 20 January 2022 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,766,809 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/denefield-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030071#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030071`

## 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/denefield-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030071#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fminervapcs%2Faspx%2Fhome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/denefield-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-030071#participate

## Description
Denefield School is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The services at the Denefield School are currently outsourced.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at Denefield School. This will consist of morning break and a full lunch service for each school day. Before lockdown, there was one main service outlet for meals in the canteen, and a ‘grab and go’ serving hatch (to an outside area) at the far end of the canteen. Post lockdown, the school do not currently use the ‘grab and go’ hatch, but have two service areas for serving meals, one main one at the entrance to the canteen, and one ‘temporary’ one at the far end of the canteen. At Denefield School there are currently 1122 pupils on roll for the academic year 2021/22.  Of this figure, 115 pupils are entitled to Free School Meals. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender document

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

- **Estimated Value:** £1,300,000
- **Description:** Denefield School is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the school. This will consist of mo...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `017443-2022-Denefield School-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Harrison Catering Services Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-158897`
  - Value: £1,766,809 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,766,809
  - Signed Date: 06/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017443-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-27T09:09:26.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T05:50:43.307Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030071