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title: "The Forest School - Catering Services"
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# The Forest School - Catering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-forest-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Forest School: "The Forest School - Catering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: £980,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Dec 2021, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Forest School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-forest-school-GB-FTS-54956)
- **Published Value:** £980,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 December 2021 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £1,395,903 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-forest-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac`

## 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-forest-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fminervapcs%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-forest-school-catering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac#participate

## Description
The Forest School is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The services at the school are currently outsourced.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the school. This will consist of breakfast and morning breaks at some sites and full lunch service for each school day at the site. The catering facilities in the school include the canteen as the main dining area, for years 7 to 11, and the 6th Form canteen. Please note, the 6th Form canteen is run in-house and is not included within the scope of this contract.Across the school there are currently 578 pupils (including 108 6th form students) on roll for the academic year 2021/22.  Of this figure, 46 pupils are entitled to Free School Meals. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £980,000
- **Description:** The Forest School is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service.The services at the school are currently outsourced.The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pu...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Catering Services (active)
  - Award id: `015767-2022-The Forest School-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Aspens Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-175495`
  - Value: £1,395,903 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Catering Services (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,395,903
  - Signed Date: 17/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015767-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-06-08T11:59:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:54:09.839Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f4ac