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title: "Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender"
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# Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sapientia-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-042d4a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sapientia Education Trust: "Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,700,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 23 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sapientia Education Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sapientia-education-trust-coh-07466353)
- **Published Value:** £1,700,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 23 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** NF
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sapientia-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-042d4a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-042d4a`

## 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/sapientia-education-trust-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-042d4a#tl-md)

## Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering Services for fifteen schools within the trust, six secondary schools and nine primaries, situated in Norfolk, centred around Norwich and Northern Suffolk.

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

- **Delivery regions:** NF

- **Estimated Value:** £1,700,000
- **Description:** The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of bringing like-minded schools together to work in partnership to deliver a world class education to pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk.  The term Sapientia comes from the motto...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2024 to 31/08/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001335-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-15T16:06:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:05:49.640Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-042d4a