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title: "Jo Richardson Community School - Catering Tender"
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# Jo Richardson Community School - Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/jo-richardson-community-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Jo Richardson Community School: "Jo Richardson Community School - Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,375,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Jan 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.delta-esourcing.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Jo Richardson Community School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/jo-richardson-community-school-GB-PPON-PHDL-4968-CRXW)
- **Published Value:** £3,375,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 January 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI52
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £3,113,945 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/jo-richardson-community-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91`

## 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/jo-richardson-community-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2F87G9K9KP7V)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/jo-richardson-community-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91#participate

## Description
Our motto “Success for All” underpins everything that we do at the school and puts the students’ achievements at the centre of our vision.  We have a commitment to the highest academic standards combined with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular activities aimed at enhancing the opportunities offered to all our students.
Further information regarding the School can be obtained here: https://jorichardson.org.uk/
Tender information:
The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent catering services to Jo Richardson Community school, which has 1713 pupils and 220 teaching and support staff. 
The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st August 2026 – 31st July 2029. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2031.
The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current catering services at the School. This includes but is not limited to; breakfast, morning break, lunchtime and after school services, over the academic year, plus hospitality services upon request.
The school is keen to secure a high quality catering service including fresh locally sourced ingredients prepared on site. It is imperative that the menu is flexible to suit the requirements of the school’s specific students and their budgets. The school is proud of its ‘family ethos’ and expects both a tightly managed service and a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the catering staff. Management must be efficient and effective and management reporting must be both timely and accurate. 
The school is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather the school is keen to secure ‘best value’ from this contract and to deliver ‘best value’ to its students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the services can be developed and value added, will be welcomed. The school seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times. 
Competitive Flexible Procedure 
This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. 
Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and 65% quality.
Value of contract:
The annual value of the current contract is £675,000
Therefore the value of this contract is £3,375,000
The contract shall be a guaranteed performance contract with any hospitality requirements billed separately, at cost.
Additional requirem...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/jo-richardson-community-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £3,375,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/07/2026 to 31/07/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Olive Dining**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148368`
  - Value: £3,113,945 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 25/05/2026

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,113,945
  - Signed Date: 28/06/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F080101-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-07-03T07:45:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T21:13:50.128Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05ef91