Official UK procurement notice
Learning Community Trust Tender for Catering Services
Authority: Learning Community Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Learning Community Trust is a Multi-Academy trust which spans education for children and young people from the age of 2 years old, through to 16 years old, and up to 25 years old in specialist settings – with an excellent reputation both regionally and nationally.
The Trust are seeking a contractor to provide catering services to two schools - Wilfred Owen Primary School, and Severndale Academy. Both schools are sited at Monkmoor Campus, Woodcote Way, Monkmoor, Shrewsbury SY2 5SH.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 1st April 2027 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years. The Trust is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£539,128
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 (6)
- Customer Experience And Innovation: 15%
- Clarification Meeting: 10%
- Relationship Management And Support: 15%
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices: 20%
- Price: 30%
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Customer Experience And Innovation
- Price
- Corporate, Social Responsibility & Added Value
- Clarification Meeting
- Relationship Management And Support
- Food Quality & Variety of Healthy Meal Choices
- 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2026, 16:09 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 16:09 BST
- Authority reference
CA18412- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-083181- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f0a0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
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Timeline
2 Sept 2026 → 1 Apr 2027 · 4 dates- Tender notice published52 days ago2 Sept 2026, 16:09 BST
- Clarification questions by19 days ago5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline12 days ago12 Oct 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today24 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 159 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Sept 2026, 16:09 BSTUK4
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