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title: "The Mount Stewart Schools Federation Catering Tender"
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# The Mount Stewart Schools Federation Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-mount-stewart-schools-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04d4f6). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Mount Stewart Schools Federation: "The Mount Stewart Schools Federation Catering Tender". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 4 Mar 2025, 13:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Mount Stewart Schools Federation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-mount-stewart-schools-federation-GB-FTS-135194)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 4 March 2025 at 13:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI74
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04d4f6`

## 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-mount-stewart-schools-federation-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-04d4f6#tl-md)

## Description
The federation is putting its catering contract out to tender with a contract start date of 1st September 2025.

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

- **Description:** Pupil Numbers:
Nursery	45
KS1	253
KS2	357
Total	655
Pricings/Sales
UIFSM - Entitled: 232 (KS1) / 325 (London Jnr)
Uptake: 215 (KS1) / 280 (KS2) / Value: 2.65 GBP
FSM - Entitled: 21 (KS1) / 32 (KS2) / Uptake: 53 / Value: 2.50 GBP
Pupil Paid Meals - En...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001999-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-21T11:47:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:27:05.778Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04d4f6