Official UK procurement notice
The Equa Mead Trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: The Equa Mead Trust·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEQUA Mead Learning Trust is a Multi Academy Trust based around the Trowbridge and Devizes areas in Wiltshire. The trust started in 2019 and has now increased in size to 19 Schools, consisting of 17 Primary and 2 Secondary schools. In addition, three more additional schools are currently in the process of joining and are likely to convert in September 2025, taking the to 22 schools.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£3,033,060
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Jan 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Jan 2025, 14:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003293- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04da99Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Devizes:-School-catering-services./4W5PM65539 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/4W5PM65539 GO Reference: GO-2025131-PRO-29275270
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
31 Jan 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published31 Jan 2025, 14:05 GMT
- Submission deadline7 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected7 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
5 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Bellefield Primary and Nursery SchoolContracting authority
- Lavington SchoolContracting authority
- St Nicholas C of E Primary SchoolContracting authority
- The John of Gaunt SchoolContracting authority
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria