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Published 12 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Kingfisher Learning Trust - Cluster ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Livingstone Primary School (Education)·Consortium: 11 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£3,750,000≈ £750k / year
Submissions closed 28 Mar 2025
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services across eleven primary Schools spearheaded by Michael Unsworth Trust COO, at Kingfisher Learning Trust.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£3,750,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Greater Manchester
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
Last source update
12 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004748
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04de2a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Greater-Manchester:-School-catering-services./735978CEK7 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/735978CEK7 GO Reference: GO-2025212-PRO-29402805

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

12 Feb 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    12 Feb 2025, 14:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    28 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    28 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

11 public bodies on the notice

Livingstone Primary School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Valeside, Old Brow, Mossley, Greater Manchester, North West, OL5 0APContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Canon Burrows CE Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • East Crompton St James CE Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • Fairfield Road Primary SchoolContracting authority Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • Hurst Knoll St James CE Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • Mayfield Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email
  • Micklehurst All Saints CE Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • St Matthews CE Primary SchoolContracting authority Greater Manchester, North WestContact email, phone
  • Stalyhill Infant SchoolContracting authority Cheshire, North WestContact email
  • Stalyhill Junior SchoolContracting authority Cheshire, North WestContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria