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title: "School Catering Services for St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton Schools)"
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# School Catering Services for St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton Schools)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-catering-services-for-st-thomas-catholic-academies-trust-luton-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-047d44). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST: "School Catering Services for St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust (Luton Schools)". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 12 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.dropbox.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/st-thomas-catholic-academies-trust-GB-COH-09660515)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 12 August 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH2
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-047d44`

## 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/school-catering-services-for-st-thomas-catholic-academies-trust-luton-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-047d44#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [dropbox.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fscl%2Ffi%2F9k3axbrh6x5bsv5ultacw%2FSTCAT-Luton-Schools-Selection-Questionnaire-F-09.07.24.docx%3Frlkey%3Dy60kddqrzlcmd8bbckmq36mxw%26st%3Dgqfwybvn%26dl%3D0)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/school-catering-services-for-st-thomas-catholic-academies-trust-luton-schools-ocds-h6vhtk-047d44#participate

## Description
Working 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:
1)	Cardinal Newman Catholic School and Sixth Form (Luton)
2)	St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School (Luton)
3)	St Martin de Porres Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Luton)
4)	St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Nursery (Caddington)
5)	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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** 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 l...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021579-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-15T09:01:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:28:38.887Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-047d44