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Published 1 Oct 2024, 17:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

London Screen Academy Catering

Official notice

Authority: London Screen Academy Catering Tender

ServicesRestricted procedureAccelerated
Published estimate£203,000exc. VAT10.8% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Oct 2024awarded 28 Oct 2025
Awarded to Stir Food Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The London Screen Academy is a specialist Sixth Form Academy in the London Borough of Islington. Part of the Day One Trust, it has 833 students on roll and over 80 teaching and support staff. The Academy is located in a former factory in Islington. The 80,000Sq Ft factory was built in the 1930s and was transformed into a world class film Academy in 2019. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen. There are no LGPS pensions in the catering team.The contract is starting on January 1st 2025 and an accelerated two stage restricted process is being used for the procurement. The Academy continues to forge a bright new future for the students and the film industry under the leadership of the Principal, Charlie Kennard MBE. The Academy Business Manager, Laura Defrates is developing the services to reflect the high aspirations of the Principal and SLT; she is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£203,000
Delivery: London · London Screen Academy Islington
Extensions: The contract tenure is for an initial three year term and there is an option for both parties to extending the contract for another two years subject to performance and mutual agreement.Second stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
1 Oct 2024, 17:51 BST
Last source update
28 Oct 2025, 18:12 GMT
Authority reference
CCL_50
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069164
Accelerated

The contract is coming to an unexpectedly sudden end and to support a compliant process and a subsequent TUPE transfer, an accelerated process is essential.

Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI43)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a4d8 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

All details on review procedures are available from Cohesion Consulting.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
15 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

15 Oct 2024 → 28 Oct 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    21 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published359 days ago
    28 Oct 2025, 18:12 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 Oct 2025, 18:12 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £225,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Stir Food LtdLondon Screen Academy Catering Tender£225,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • London Screen Academy Catering Tender · Stir Food Ltd

    Signed
    28 Oct 2025
    Value
    £225,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Screen Academy Catering Tender

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Ladbroke House, 62-66 Highbury Grove, , London , London, N5 2ADContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Cohesion Consulting LtdMediation body Tunbridge WellsContact email, phone
  • The Cabinet OfficeReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Stir FoodAwarded supplier St Albans, East of England, AL1 3LF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.