Official UK procurement notice
The LEARNERs Trust ~ Catering Tender
Authority: The LEARNERs Trust·Consortium: 22 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for LEARNERs’ Trust at Twenty - One sites.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1LEARNERs’ Trust may grow further, with several additional schools becoming part of the…AwardedPublished value£6,000,000
LEARNERs’ Trust may grow further, with several additional schools becoming part of the Trust during this contract period. The provision of catering services at these schools if they have joined the Trust, or ended their current catering contract, will fall under the scope of this contract. The successful Supplier will be expected to provide this service at these additional schools using the same costing model applied to the successful tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the contract.
Not all the schools have their own kitchen facilities, as detailed above, and it is expected that the successful Supplier will have the experience and ability to offer this type of delivered meal service.
Pupil roll numbers across all 21 sites is currently circa 4117.
Estimated annual turnover value based on the current Universal Free School meal allowance across all 21 locations is circa £1,200,000.00 (1.2 million pounds) per annum including Universal Free School Meals, Free School Meals and cash sales. Current uptake levels vary across all sites and the Trust firmly believes that with improved choice and quality there is a real opportunity to increase levels of uptake.
Please see SQ Document for more information. Additional information: This is a Contract Award Notice, this contract has already been awarded.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 5 Aug 2024, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 1 May 2025, 14:53 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018471- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048784Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=946196448 GO Reference: GO-202551-PRO-30400130
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
13 Sept 2024 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected11 Nov 2024
- Notice published1 May 2025, 14:53 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 May 2025, 14:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mellors Catering Services | £5,796,845 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018471-2025-1 · Mellors Catering Services
- Signed
- 11 Apr 2025
- Value
- £5,796,845
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
22 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Ashgate Croft Special SchoolContracting authority
- Birk Hill Infant & Nursery SchoolContracting authority
- Brimington Junior SchoolContracting authority
- Brimington Manor Infant & Nursery SchoolContracting authority
- Brookfield Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Catcliffe Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Chaddesden Park Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Eckington Junior SchoolContracting authority
- High Greave Infant SchoolContracting authority
- High Greave Junior SchoolContracting authority
- Hodthorpe Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Holme Hall Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Killamarsh Junior SchoolContracting authority
- Mary Swanwick Primary SchoolContracting authority
- New Whittington Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Old Hall Junior SchoolContracting authority
- Ridgeway Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Somercotes Infant SchoolContracting authority
- Somerlea Park Junior SchoolContracting authority
- Walton Holymoorside Primary SchoolContracting authority
- Westfield Infant SchoolContracting authority
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Mellors Catering ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria