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Published 29 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST

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Park High School Catering Tender

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Park High School (RM&C) (Education)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd

Two-stageServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: London (UKI74)
Budget not disclosed£1≈ £0 / year · £1 inc. VAT
Submission deadline 6 Nov 202613:00 GMT · 38d 0h left
Clarification cut-off 6 Nov 202613:00 GMT · questions to the authority
Contract term 3 yrsup to 5 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Apr 2027
Bids per lot · the market 4CPV 5552 · n=126 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Park High School is located in Stanmore and is putting its catering contract out to tender with a contract start date of 1st April 2027.

  • How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1Renewal 3 yrsSMEPublished value£1
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 5 yrs with extensionsEligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: LondonTurnover guideline: ~£1/yr≈ 2× annual value
Value
£1 exc. VAT · £1 inc. VAT
Extensions
Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance.
55524000 School catering services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win
i

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 are scored
  • Scoring Example — You will need to complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

Catering services (CPV 5552) in Greater London — and who usually turns up

Park High School (RM&C) has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Greater London market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Catering services (CPV 5552) →

1

How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Park High School (RM&C)

no contract notices in Catering services (CPV 5552) in 36 months

Park High School (RM&C) has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Catering services (CPV 5552) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).

The market · delivery region

Greater London · Catering services (CPV 5552)

contract notices delivered in Greater London in 36 months: 201 in CPV 5552 (176 competed, 18 route not published) · 249 in division 55 (207 competed, 29 route not published)

Bids per lot
i

How many companies usually bid for work like this.

Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 126 lots. 75 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 3) and 51 from older notices (bids received, middle 4).

Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.

4CPV 5552 · 36m · n=126 lots
Single-bid lots
i

How often only one company bid.

Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 126 lots.

High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.

6%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=126 lots
Award vs estimate
i

Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.

Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 52 pairs.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

1% aboveCPV 5552 · 36m · n=52 pairs
Deadline → award date
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 46 notices.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

93dCPV 5552 · 36m · n=46 notices
SME bidders
i

How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.

SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 104 lots.

Last 36 months.

35%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=104 lots
Winners based in the region
i

How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.

Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.

Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 84 awards.

Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.

Last 36 months.

48%CPV 5552 · 36m · n=84 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=126
i

How the number of bidders is spread across lots.

Each lot with a published bid count is put in a band: one bid, two to three, four to six, seven or more. Real competitions only.

Based on 126 lots on 96 contested notices · CPV 5552, last 36 months.

  • 1 bid 6%
  • 2–3 38%
  • 4–6 46%
  • 7+ 10%

Middle value 4 · 126 lots on 96 contested notices · CPV 5552.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=52
i

How often winners come in below, near or above the estimate.

Each lot with both an estimate and an award is placed by how far the award sat from the estimate.

Based on 52 lot pairs · CPV 5552, last 36 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

  • Below estimate 27%
  • Within ±2% 27%
  • Above estimate 46%

52 lot pairs · CPV 5552.

robust · n=52
i

Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.

We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.

Based on the Greater London market’s usual movement over 52 lots (CPV 5552), applied to the £1 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.

A benchmark, not a price to bid.

The middle award in Greater London (CPV 5552, n=52 pairs) lands 1% above: on this notice’s £1 that is about £1, middle half £1–£1 (quartiles from Greater London · CPV 5552). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Coverage and what to read with care
  • Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

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
Open for expressions of interest
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
Authority reference
RMandC/2026/PHS/546
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI74)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c37 Find a Tender
How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.

How to participate & submission route

Official notice Submit via myTenders
Submission portal named on this notice: myTenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Expression of interest (EOI)
6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
Tender submission deadline
6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
Clarification deadline
6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. Please email your Part 2 Response to the School and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Alternatively, you can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Published estimate £1 excludes VAT (£1 including VAT).

Timeline

6 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Tender notice publishedearlier today
    29 Sept 2026, 11:24 BST
  2. Clarification questions byin 38 days
    6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
  3. Expressions of interest byin 38 days
    6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
  4. Submission deadlinein 38 days
    6 Nov 2026, 13:00 GMT
  5. Award decision expected byin 122 days
    29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 183 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Sept 2026, 11:24 BSTUK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Park High School (RM&C)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNYB-5761-WPVW Thistlecroft Gardens, Stanmore, London, HA7 1PL [email protected]

Other public bodies

  • RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to schools/trusts.GB-COH: 04208069 Reading, South East

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender