Official UK procurement notice
Moulton College Outsourced Catering Service
Authority: Moulton College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMoulton College has conducted a tender to appoint a company to provide a fully managed catering service to College students and staff, with occasional pre-arranged catering of events. However, the Provider is actively encouraged to maximise the commercial opportunity available to expand the service by offering catering / refreshments for evening and weekend events and to external customers.
The primary objective of the contract is to ensure that a high standard of catering is maintained, providing a highly proactive, appealing, and nutritious catering service that makes a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of the students.
The Customer will enter into a contract with a Provider who:
- is a suitably qualified supplier of catering services,
•can deliver a fully managed, outsourced catering service to the Customer's sites,
•can offer an affordable contract costing model, ultimately reducing the cost to the Customer,
•will support the Customer's aims of providing high quality, healthy and nutritious meals, at an affordable price,
•will work in close partnership with the Customer to offer age appropriate, hot and cold meals which exceed the Government's requirements for School Food Standards and take into account individual student dietary requirements where necessary,
•will work with the Customer to market and maximise the number of student meals being bought,
•will maximise the commercial opportunity offered by the Customer's catering facilities, particularly the coffee shops, by taking advantaged of additional opportunities offered by
weekend and evening events (sporting events, open days etc.).
The Contract is for a period of three years with three options to extend of 12 months each.
CPV: Canteen services · Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£3,300,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
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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)
- quality: 60%
- cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- quality
- cost
- Economic & financial standing
Please refer to the tender documents
- Technical & professional ability
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- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 May 2025, 20:56 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jul 2025, 12:11 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Jun 2025
- Authority reference
MC-CATERING-25- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-019900- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050f48Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 30 May 2025, 23:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/25277HV357 ↗
All submission to be made to the above address
Timeline
8 May 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published8 May 2025, 20:56 BST
- Clarification questions by30 May 2025, 23:00 BST
- Submission deadline6 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by30 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent25 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published25 Jul 2025, 12:11 BST
- Standstill ends6 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 May 2025- Tender notice published8 May 2025, 20:56 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published25 Jul 2025, 12:11 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete25 Jul 2025, 12:11 BST
- Contract signature expected1 Sept 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Franks Limited1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028 · up to 30 Sept 2031Extensions: Three options to extend of 12 months each up to a total maximum contract duration of six years subject to satisfactory performance and at the sole discretion of the College. | £6,000,000 | 25 Jul 2025standstill to 6 Aug 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonTHOMAS FRANKS LIMITED · South East England
- did not winCATER LINK LIMITED · South East England
Bidders as named on the Procurement Act 2023 award notice. “Won” means the bidder holds an award on this notice.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- CATER LINK LIMITEDBidder / tenderer
- THOMAS FRANKS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications All tender documents available, and submissions to be made through the Delta eSourcing portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender