Official UK procurement notice
School Catering Services Framework Agreement
Authority: MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST (Public body)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCatering Services Framework Agreement open to all schools, academies, trusts and other educational establishments in North and West Yorkshire. Initial Call-Off Bodies for are ten primaries detailed in the ITT and associated documents.
CPV: School catering services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Open framework
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 6 Jan 2027
Who may buy through it
https://cimple.uk/detail/528150
Published description of the framework
Bidding Service Providers must demonstrate a minimum annual turnover of four times the estimated annual contract value of the Initial Call-off Body contract for which they are submitting a bid. This requirement will be assessed separately for each Call-Off Body and will not be based on the combined value of all potential call-off agreements available under this procurement.
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Colloborative Learning TrustPublished value£7,500,000
- Value
- £7,500,000 exc. VAT · £7,500,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 55%
- Commercial — 40%
- Social — 5%
Lot #2Moorlands Learning TrustPublished value£12,500,000
- Value
- £12,500,000 exc. VAT · £12,500,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 68%
- Commercial — 25%
- Social — 7%
Lot #3Harehills Primary SchoolPublished value£1,000,000
- Value
- £1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,000,000 inc. VAT
Award criteria (3)
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality — 64%
- Commercial — 30%
- Social — 6%
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits — there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Colloborative Learning Trust | 55% | 40% | 5% | |
| 2 · Moorlands Learning Trust | 68% | 25% | 7% | |
| 3 · Harehills Primary School | 64% | 30% | 6% |
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Catering services (CPV 5552) in Yorkshire and the Humber — and who usually turns up
MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the Yorkshire and the Humber market stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Catering services (CPV 5552) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested frameworks and DPS only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST
framework/DPS notices in 36 months: 1 in CPV 5552 · 1 in division 55 · 1 in all categories
MOORLANDS LEARNING TRUST has published no bid reports, no comparable estimate → award pairs and no award dates that this analysis can use — in Catering services (CPV 5552) (36 months) or across all categories (24 months).
Yorkshire and the Humber · Catering services (CPV 5552)
framework/DPS notices delivered in Yorkshire and the Humber in 36 months: 27 in CPV 5552 (25 competed, 2 route not published) · 43 in division 55 (37 competed, 4 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 27 lots. 7 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices (bids assessed, middle 10) and 20 from older notices (bids received, middle 7).
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 27 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this region in this sector: not measured on frameworks — a panel award is a ceiling, not a price.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this industry (CPV 55), last 36 months: 6 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 9 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 5552), last 36 months: 21 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
By lot · 3 lots i
Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Likely bidders for each lot.
For each lot: the previous winner, suppliers with history on this lot, and suppliers strong in this category.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Lot | Awarded / admitted | Likely suppliers |
|---|---|---|
Colloborative Learning Trust£7,500,000 · CPV 55524000 CPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin. | — |
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Moorlands Learning Trust£12,500,000 · CPV 55524000 CPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin. | — |
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Harehills Primary School£1,000,000 · CPV 55524000 CPV market ranking when lot-specific history is thin. | — |
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Ranked by CPV market fit, scale and buyer history — historical public-sector wins, not the published bidder list or a predicted field. Lots with the same shortlist are grouped.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CaterLink Limited (Trading as Caterlink) Large | 88 class wins | 1 months ago | 12% above n=32 | 65% |
| Aspens Services Limited Large | 86 class wins | 1 months ago | at estimate n=48 | 64% |
| Harrison Catering Services Ltd Large | 49 class wins | 1 months ago | 36% above n=9 | 62% |
| Accent Catering Large | 22 class wins | 1 months ago | 21% above n=9 | 59% |
| Mellors Catering Services Large | 13 class wins | 4 months ago | at estimate n=9 | 59% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s middle value on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 5552 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 17 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0779beFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via portal- Expression of interest (EOI)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- success fee · 0.50% of the award value
Timeline
4 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published2 days ago24 Sept 2026, 15:13 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsin 39 days · period end, not a bid countdown3 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 83 days17 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 102 days6 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published24 Sept 2026, 15:13 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender