Official UK procurement notice
DPS Ref: 879 Building in Use - Support Services
Authority: The Blue Kite Academy Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlue Kite has awarded a further competition for catering services through the 879 Building in Use Support Services DPS for 17 schools within the trust.
CPV: Real estate services · School catering services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 7 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The production and service of schools meals for 17 schools within the trustAwarded
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 (2)
- 60: 51.25%
- 40: 38.77%
Published award criteria (2)
- 60: 51.25
- 40: 38.77
- Price carries 38.8 of 90 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.9 points. Quality carries 51.3 of 90: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “DPS Ref: 879 Building in Use - Support Services” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jun 2026, 11:21 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2026, 11:21 BST
- Authority reference
EPT-76349- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-053695- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06af82Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Catering Services
- Signed
- 4 Jun 2026
- Value
- £3,500,041
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and Wales,Review body
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- Alliance in PartnershipAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.