Official UK procurement notice
St Michael's CE High School ~ Catering Tender
Authority: St Michael's CE High School (Education)
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Michael’s CE High School located in Chorley, Lancashire. Contract value: £3 million [KG1.1][DL1.2](5 years) Contract term: 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1+1 years.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for St Michael’s CE High School located in Chorley, Lancashire.
Contract value: £3 million [KG1.1][DL1.2](5 years)
Contract term: 3 years with the option to extend for a further 1+1 years
Extract from Headteachers welcome:
I am delighted to welcome you to St Michael’s. As a Church of England Academy in the Diocese of Blackburn, our values are deeply rooted in the Christian faith. Our vision is for every pupil, as well as staff and our wider community, to grow in body, mind, and spirit—to flourish as a child of God and experience the joy of ‘life in all its fullness.’ (John 10:10)
We are very much a team here; pupils, staff, parents, and governors work together to create a vibrant, caring environment. We set high expectations and place great importance on celebrating the uniqueness of each individual, recognising that every person is a precious child of God, gifted with their own strengths and talents.
At St Michael’s, we are outward facing, working to build strong partnerships with families, churches, local organisations, and the wider community. These relationships enrich our lives, providing opportunities for growth, not only for pupils, but for all involved.
Our academic standards are consistently high, with results placing us in the top 10% of non-selective schools nationally at Key Stage 4.[KG2.1][DL2.2] This success is underpinned by a research-informed approach to teaching and a commitment to developing resilient, lifelong learners who embrace challenge.
Personal and spiritual development are central to all we do here. Through our Character and Spiritual Education (CASE) Programme, worship, assemblies, careers provision, and enrichment activities such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and pupil leadership, we continually strive to nurture well-rounded individuals; young people who are ready to make a difference in our rapidly changing world.
Our motto, Therefore Choose (Deuteronomy 30:19) underpins our lives as we guide pupils to make positive, meaningful life choices.
We’re proud of our calm, respectful environment where every pupil can thrive.
We continue to innovate, investing in our curriculum, facilities, and technology.
Please see PSQ Document for more information.
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CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
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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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Criterion 1: 70%
- Criterion 2: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Criterion 1
- Criterion 2
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £1,998,175 (twice the annual value).
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula. Turnover is an indicative market norm (≈2× annual value), not a published condition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How St Michael's CE High School buys Catering services (CPV 5552), and who usually turns up
St Michael's CE High School has little published record in this market. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Catering services (CPV 5552) →
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Half of these awards have an award date within 83 days of the bid deadline.
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1 bid27%
2–323%
4–637%
7+13%
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Below estimate24%
Within ±2%43%
Above estimate33%
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Lot #1CPV 5552Published estimate£3.0m
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1 bid27%
2–323%
4–637%
7+13%
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder appears in live search, the Retender Radar, contract pages, organisation counts, the earlier contracts and past suppliers on a tender's competition panel, the buyer's decision figure and its award against estimate; the other analytical figures are built from Find a Tender notices.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Nov 2026, 09:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Nov 2026, 09:38 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 26 Apr 2027
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-105526- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07b608Find a Tender
- How it runs
Please see PSQ Document for more information’
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Litmus TMS- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 26 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Nov 2026 → 1 Sept 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published4 days ago6 Nov 2026, 09:38 GMT
- Today10 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 30 days11 Dec 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 107 days26 Feb 2027, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 167 days26 Apr 2027, 23:59 BST
- Contract startsin 294 days1 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Nov 2026, 09:38 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender