Official UK procurement notice
The Highcrest Academy ~ Catering Tender
Authority: The Highcrest Academy
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Highcrest Academy is a Secondary School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Moving from a ‘fresh start’ school in 2001 to gaining its specialist status in Technology in 2006, The school converted to an academy in 2011. 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 1065 students on roll and 145 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,347,834
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
- 9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000713- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ceb7Find 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-Buckinghamshire:-School-catering-services./9EG43CX344 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/9EG43CX344 GO Reference: GO-202519-PRO-29086622
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Jan 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates- Notice published9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Submission deadline21 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected24 Mar 2025
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
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