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title: "The Ashcombe School Outsourced Catering Services"
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# The Ashcombe School Outsourced Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-ashcombe-school-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e216). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Ashcombe School: "The Ashcombe School Outsourced Catering Services". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Apr 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: suppliers.multiquote.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Ashcombe School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-ashcombe-school-urn-143901)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 April 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ25, UKJ26
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e216`

## 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/the-ashcombe-school-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e216#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [suppliers.multiquote.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsuppliers.multiquote.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-ashcombe-school-outsourced-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04e216#participate

## Description
The contract will start date 1st September 2025 for three years and two one year extension.

The successful Supplier will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering services for the 1,513 students on roll and staff at The Ashcombe School.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Description:** The Ashcombe School work closely with our catering provider, expecting them to provide good quality, nutritious, fresh food and to support the school in the all-round education of the students here on healthy choices and budgeting. We see the time sp...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005215-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-02-14T15:45:04.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:55:21.748Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e216