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Published 21 Feb 2025, 16:38 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Framework for the Provision of Food and Outsourced Catering Services

Official notice

Authority: HEART ACADEMIES TRUST (Education)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£200,000,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025awarded 12 Jun 2025
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Value Match and HEART are looking to source a single Supplier per Lot to service a Catering Framework with a focus on providing meals with high nutritional value that are accessible and appealing to students.

The desired outcome of this process is to award a Framework for a catering offering with a focus on maximising learning outcomes for children. Meals with high nutritional value will enable students to focus and learn, this is particularly important as for some children, the school lunch may be the only meal, or the only healthy meal, of the day.

CPV: Catering services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1Catering ServicesAwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Subject to supplier performance, option to extend additional 12 months · Subject to supplier performance, option to extend additional 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
55520000 Catering services
Lot #2Food OnlyAwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Subject to supplier performance, option to extend for an additional 12 months · Subject to supplier performance, option to extend for an additional 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
55520000 Catering services

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSplit
1 · Catering Services70%30%
2 · Food Only60%40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30–40 points depending on the lot. Read the split per lot below.
  • “Framework for the Provision of Food and Outsourced Catering Services” is a framework: 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
Open 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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Feb 2025, 16:38 GMT
Last source update
2 Apr 2026, 13:32 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Mar 2025 – …
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030894
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e764 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
document
Bids opened
29 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 2 Apr 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published209 days ago
    2 Apr 2026, 13:32 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Apr 2026, 13:32 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 6busiest of 2 lots
Contracts signed 2latest 12 Jun 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £100,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Contract 030894-2026-1

    Signed
    12 Jun 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Contract 030894-2026-2

    Signed
    21 May 2025
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Catering Services6bids———
2 · Food Only3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

HEART ACADEMIES TRUST

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: 06969741 Bedford Academy, Bedford, East of England, MK429TRContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of Justice of England and WalesReview body London
  • Value Match ServicesReview body Chester

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.