Scholars' Education Trust Catering Tender

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  "id": "070133-2025",
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  "date": "2025-10-31T14:32:29Z",
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    "name": "Scholars' Education Trust (RM&C)"
  },
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        },
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              "description": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
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          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
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        "description": "Robert Barclay Academy is a secondary and sixth form school in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire",
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        },
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            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
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        "title": "Samuel Ryder Academy",
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        "status": "active",
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          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
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          "sme": true
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          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
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        "id": "4",
        "title": "Priory Academy",
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        "status": "active",
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          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
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          "sme": true
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            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
        },
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        }
      },
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        "id": "5",
        "title": "Harpenden Academy",
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          "amount": 1,
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        "status": "active",
        "renewal": {
          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
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        "description": "The Harpenden Academy is a primary school situated in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.",
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          "sme": true
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          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
        },
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          "startDate": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00",
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        "title": "Buntingford First School",
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        "renewal": {
          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
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        "description": "Buntingford First School is located in East Hertfordshire.",
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          "sme": true
        },
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          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
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              "description": "You will need to complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
        },
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          "startDate": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00",
          "maxExtentDate": "2031-03-31T23:59:59+01:00"
        }
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        "id": "7",
        "title": "Watling Lower School",
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        },
        "status": "active",
        "renewal": {
          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
        },
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        "description": "The Watling Lower School is situated in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true
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          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "You will need to complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
        },
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          "startDate": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00",
          "maxExtentDate": "2031-03-31T23:59:59+01:00"
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "8",
        "title": "Nazeing School",
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          "amount": 1,
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          "amountGross": 1
        },
        "status": "active",
        "renewal": {
          "description": "Renewal possible after 3 years subject to satisfactory performance."
        },
        "hasRenewal": true,
        "description": "The Nazeing School is a primary school situated in Nazeing, Essex",
        "suitability": {
          "sme": true
        },
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "name": "Scoring Example",
              "type": "quality",
              "description": "You will need to complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
            }
          ],
          "weightingDescription": "Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score."
        },
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          "endDate": "2029-08-31T23:59:59+01:00",
          "startDate": "2026-09-01T00:00:00+01:00",
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        }
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    "title": "Scholars' Education Trust Catering Tender",
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      "currency": "GBP",
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        "url": "https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=617928",
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        "description": "Tender notice on Find a Tender",
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      "features": "The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Trust 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."
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    },
    "description": "Scholars’ Education Trust is putting the catering contracts out to tender in 8 of its schools with a contract start date of 1st April 2026 and 1st September 2026 (for one school). You must bid for all the schools, and each of the schools will be able to select their preferred company from the companies shortlisted to make presentations.",
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. You can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal https://www.mytenders.co.uk. Or to be emailed to the Trust 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.",
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