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Supply of Butchery / meat products for St Helens College

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BuyerSt Helens College
StatusAwarded
Deadline2 Feb 2026
Value£200,000
Published22 Jul 2026

What is being bought

St Helens & Knowsley Colleges is one of the largest further education college groups in the North West, supporting approximately 7,500 learners across campuses in St Helens and Knowsley. The College operates five catering outlets providing food services to students, staff and visitors. The awarded contract covers the supply of fresh and frozen meat, poultry and game products for use across the College's catering operations and professional cookery curriculum. The products are utilised within campus catering facilities and by learners undertaking catering and hospitality programmes, where they support the development of practical butchery, food preparation, cooking and presentation skills to industry standards. The contract provides for the regular supply and delivery of high-quality meat products to multiple College sites, supporting both commercial catering services and educational training requirements.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

1

Statusactive
Value£12,110,143

Documents & submission route

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Source data inventory

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05ff6b
Latest release ID069088-2026
Latest release timestampWed Jul 22 2026 10:44:36 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000348-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
22 Jul 2026award, contract069088-2026
5 Jan 2026tender000348-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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