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title: "Managed Catering Service"
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# Managed Catering Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04d057). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council: "Managed Catering Service". Published status: active. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/barnsley-metropolitan-borough-council-ons-e08000038)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Catering services, School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04d057#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d057`

## 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/managed-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04d057#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D89336%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-catering-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04d057#participate

## Description
The Council is currently exploring options for the future delivery of the schools catering service and whether it will continue to be a provider beyond 31st March 2026. If the Council decides not to continue providing the managed service, then schools will be required to make their own arrangements for procuring their schools catering provision. Each school will decide how to procure their requirements, one option is a joint procurement exercise on behalf of a consortium of schools to procure a managed catering service. To help inform such an exercise, the Council is undertaking this pre-market engagement stage to explore what is available and seek feedback and guidance from the supply market.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55520000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001406-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-15T16:16:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T00:48:28.378Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d057