Official UK procurement notice
PDET Catering - Notice to award contract
Procurement agent: Educo·On behalf of: PDET (from the title)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNotice to award following standstill period for the provision of school meals and some hospitality to pupils, staff and Trust employees throughout the academic year.
- How the procedure runs: 2 stage procedure. Stage 1 responses to questions in SQ that will be evaluated and scored with the 5 highest scoring contractors invited to Stage 2 to attend an online briefing, site visits and submit their financial and operational proposal in response to questions in ITT which will be evaluated and scored with 3 highest scoring contractors invited to present to the client who will ultimately make their selection for preferred supplier resulting in a three year contract with opportunity to extend for 1 yr, plus 1 yr.
- No preliminary market engagement: 2 stage process will be carried out with extended time frame subsequent to this stage
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£9,221,878
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)
- Finance: 20%
- Operational: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Finance: detail of organization's financial performance
- Operational: detail of response to operational questions in the SQ
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
- 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
- 4 Feb 2026, 20:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2026, 09:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 29 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010220- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064781Find a Tender
- How it runs
2 stage procedure.
Stage 1 responses to questions in SQ that will be evaluated and scored with the 5 highest scoring contractors invited to Stage 2 to attend an online briefing, site visits and submit their financial and operational proposal in response to questions in ITT which will be evaluated and scored with 3 highest scoring contractors invited to present to the client who will ultimately make their selection for preferred supplier resulting in a three year contract with opportunity to extend for 1 yr, plus 1 yr.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Feb 2026 → 1 Aug 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published259 days ago4 Feb 2026, 20:32 GMT
- Clarification questions by237 days ago27 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline230 days ago6 Mar 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by145 days ago29 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent141 days ago3 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published140 days ago4 Jun 2026, 09:50 BST
- Standstill ends127 days ago16 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts82 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Feb 2026- Tender notice published4 Feb 2026, 20:32 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published4 Jun 2026, 09:50 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete4 Jun 2026, 09:50 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Jun 2026, 09:50 BST
- Contract signature expected19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The PantryPDET Contract Catering1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: one yr plus one yr subsequent to satisfactory completion of contract term and agreed kpi's | £10,525,781 | 3 Jun 2026standstill to 16 Jun 2026 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Who bid
- wonThe Pantry · Greater London
- did not winEdwards & Ward · South East England
- did not winKingswood Education Catering LtdSME · East Midlands
- did not winAbm catering · West Midlands
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
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- PDETBeneficiary authoritynamed in the title
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice · 1 awarded- Abm cateringBidder / tenderer
- Edwards & WardBidder / tenderer
- Kingswood Education Catering LtdBidder / tenderer
- The PantryAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender