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title: "Potteries Educational Trust - Catering Tender"
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# Potteries Educational Trust - Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/potteries-educational-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0391e3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Potteries Educational Trust: "Potteries Educational Trust - Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £450,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jan 2023, 09:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Potteries Educational Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/potteries-educational-trust-coh-10647453)
- **Published Value:** £450,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 January 2023 at 09:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** School meals
- **Delivery Location:** UKG2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,800,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0391e3`

## 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/potteries-educational-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0391e3#tl-md)

## Description
The Potteries Educational Trust is seeking to appoint one experienced catering company to manage the catering services in their educational establishments from 1 August 2023.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £450,000
- **Description:** The Potteries Educational Trust is seeking to appoint one catering company from 1 August 2023 that has experience in catering in primary, secondary and college environments. The following establishments will be included in this catering tender. # Cit...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 016035-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Mellors Catering Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-24078`
  - Value: £1,800,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 016035-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,800,000
  - Signed Date: 04/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016035-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-06T15:05:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:15:28.531Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0391e3