Official UK procurement notice
Hart Plain Junior & Infant Schools Catering Tender
Authority: Hart Plain Junior School (Education)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHart Plain Junior and Infant Schools are putting their catering contract out to tender with a contract start date of 25th October 2025. The Junior school deliver meals to the Infant school as they share one kitchen. The Junior school has 210 KS2 pupils and the Infant school has 56 pupils in EYFS and 74 in KS1 a total of 130 pupils. See SQ Document Part 1 for more details.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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).
- Scoring Example: Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Mar 2025, 19:11 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Mar 2025, 19:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jul 2025
- Authority reference
RMandC/2025/HPJIS/477- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-010274- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ef65Find a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 1 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 1 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
You can submit your SQ response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Or to be emailed to the school and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document.
Timeline
19 Mar 2025 → 25 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published19 Mar 2025, 19:11 GMT
- Clarification questions by1 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline1 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by18 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts368 days ago25 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published19 Mar 2025, 19:11 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to Schools/Trust
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications HPJIS SQ Document Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications HPJIS SQ Document Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications HPJIS SQ Scoring Example
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender