Official UK procurement notice
Preston Park Primary School Catering Tender
Authority: Preston Park Primary School (Education)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreston Park Primary School is putting its catering contract out to tender with a contract start date of 1st November 2026. Current NOR is 612 pupils. See SQ Document Part 1 for more details.
- 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 publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
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).
- Scoring Example: The Selection Questionnaire response will be scored using the scoring example attached.
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
- Closed
- 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
- 17 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 23 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
RMandC/2025/PPPS/500- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066365- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05cef9Find 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 it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. You can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Or to be emailed to the school and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
17 Oct 2025 → 1 Nov 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published375 days ago17 Oct 2025, 14:33 BST
- Clarification questions by331 days ago1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline331 days ago1 Dec 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by218 days ago23 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 3 days1 Nov 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published17 Oct 2025, 14:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to schools/trusts.
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 1) PPPS SQ Document Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications 2) PPPS SQ Document Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications 3) PPPS SQ Scoring Example
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender