Official UK procurement notice
School Catering Services for St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton Schools)
Authority: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWorking across the south of the Diocese of Northampton, St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust is proud to serve 16 school communities in Buckingham, Luton, Central Bedfordshire and Slough.
There are 16 schools in the Trust and five of these schools are now seeking to procure their catering services; The schools are as follows:
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Sixth Form (Luton)
- St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School (Luton)
- St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Luton)
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Caddington)
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Dunstable)
The Trust is seeking a school meals catering supplier for all five schools from 1st April 2025 for a 3 year contract (plus possible
extension on a +1year, +1year basis).
The successful supplier is to provide a healthy, high quality and value for money catering service to all school pupils, staff and hospitality as required.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Procurement of a tender process for catering services, facilitated by Panache…Renewal
Procurement of a tender process for catering services, facilitated by Panache Consultancy who are assisting the Trust with the 2-stage procurement exercise. Interested parties are to complete a Selection Questionnaire, which can be accessed via the link provided in the Contract Notice (see Section 1.3, Communications). Additional information: For further information, please contact Gail Heath at Panache Consultancy at [email protected]
NOTE: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information, please visit the Find A Tender website at
www.find-tender.service.gov.uk ↗
The Selection Questionnaire can be accessed via the link provided.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021579- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047d44Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 270 days from the deadline
Timeline
15 Jul 2024 → 9 Sept 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published15 Jul 2024, 10:01 BST
- Submission deadline12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected9 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- Panache ConsultancyProcess contact point
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.