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title: "The Heathland School ~ Catering Tender"
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# The Heathland School ~ Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-heathland-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Heathland School: "The Heathland School ~ Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,615,930. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Aug 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: litmustms.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Heathland School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-heathland-school-GB-PPON-PJNV-8655-BTTY)
- **Published Value:** £2,615,930 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 August 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,615,930 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-heathland-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea`

## 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-heathland-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [litmustms.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flitmustms.co.uk%2Frespond%2FV3M2D8B6BS)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-heathland-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea#participate

## Description
The Heathland School is a Secondary School in Hounslow, Middlesex, which was founded in 1974. The school is an outstanding 11-18 Co-educational Community Comprehensive School committed to delivering exceptional academic success and providing an environment where individual learners thrive and become confident, independent and informed citizens of the future.
The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 1850 students on roll and 220 teaching and support staff,
The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1st January 2026 to 31st December 2028 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful Contractor offering the school a guaranteed return / cost per annum for the provision of catering services.
The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that School will be open to receive students for the legal minimum of 190 days.
The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all catering services within the School, which currently includes morning break, lunch, all hospitality and free issue requirements. Free School meals and hospitality will be charged based on consumption and net food cost.
Whilst the School prioritises value for money as a key objective of the Competitive Tender Process, the Governing body is not obliged to accept the lowest price.
Please see SQ Document for more information.

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

- **Estimated Value:** £2,615,930

- **Contract Period:** 01/01/2026 to 31/12/2031

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **Olive Dining Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-148368`
  - Value: £2,615,930 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 19/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021204-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-28T12:53:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T13:36:17.282Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0512ea