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title: "Invitation to Tender for the Management of the Catering Services (Framework Agreement)  at  Blackdown Education Partnership"
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# Invitation to Tender for the Management of the Catering Services (Framework Agreement)  at  Blackdown Education Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-for-catering-services-at-blackdown-education-partnership-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-077907). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: "Invitation to Tender for the Management of the Catering Services (Framework Agreement)  at  Blackdown Education Partnership". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £7,211,170. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jan 2027, 15:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.redboxportal.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 74 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** [BLACKDOWN EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/blackdown-education-partnership-coh-07338835)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £7,211,170 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 January 2027 at 15:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK23, UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-for-catering-services-at-blackdown-education-partnership-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-077907#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-077907`

## 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/framework-agreement-for-catering-services-at-blackdown-education-partnership-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-077907#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redboxportal.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redboxportal.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/framework-agreement-for-catering-services-at-blackdown-education-partnership-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-077907#participate

## Description
Blackdown Education Partnership are a Multi Academy Trust of 13 Schools based in Devon & Somerset. This tender is for provision of school catering services and will include six secondary schools, three of which deliver to Primary sites. The schools currently have a mixture of contracted services (4 Secondaries) and externally supported in-house services (2). The new contract will commence from Mon 12th April 2027, following the Easter break.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £7,211,170

- **Contract Period:** 11/04/2027 to 11/04/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F100420-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-23T11:17:19.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T12:52:48.161Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-077907