Official UK procurement notice
Laetare Catholic Multi-Academy Trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: Laetare Catholic Multi-Academy Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Four Schools within Laetare Catholic Multi-Academy Trust.
Contract Value: Annually excluding VAT
•St Anselm's College £327,500 Est. – Sept 27
•St Edward's College - £525,000 2025/26 – Sept 26
•St Joseph's College - £351,000 2025/26 – Sep - 26
•De La Salle - £380,360 Est.
Trust Vision and Values: laetarecmat.co.uk/Vision-Values ↗
MISSION AND VISION DRIVE
Our Mission and our Vision of Education will drive the culture and structures of the Laetare CMAT.
RESPECT FOR DISTINCTIVENESS
We are committed to a governance model, which respects and empowers each school’s unique identity and allows the individual charisms of each school’s founder to be nurtured. We value both the unity that flows from the common vision and the diversity of its expression in individual schools. We will ask for alignment rather than standardisation.
COLLABORATION FOR THE COMMON GOOD
The Laetare CMAT is, in its very essence, a collaborative venture. Our academies belong to different Religious Order foundations and a defining principle of the CMAT is that of collaboration. We also recognise our responsibility to work for the Common Good, not just of the academies in the Laetare CMAT, but to the wider family of Religious Order schools so there is mutual benefit. In support of the
view that “The work of Catholic Education is essentially and always a work of partnerships”, the CMAT is also looking to build bridges of collaboration with local Dioceses and their Catholic Multi Academy Trusts and with the families and communities in the areas served by the Laetare CMAT.
Please see PSQ Document for more information.
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CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£7,919,300
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: 70%
- Criterion 2: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 8 Jun 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010902- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0649f9Find a Tender
- How it runs
Please see PSQ document for more information.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published264 days ago6 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by236 days ago6 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline173 days ago8 May 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by141 days ago8 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts88 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 12:05 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender