Official UK procurement notice
The Talentum Learning Trust Catering Tender
Authority: The Talentum Learning Trust (Secondary Acct: RM&C) (Public body)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTTLT is putting the catering contracts out to tender in 10 of its schools with a contract start date of 1st January 2026 and 1st April 2026 for the first schools. You will be bidding for all 10 schools as one Lot in this Tender, and the Trust will be able to select their preferred company from the companies shortlisted to make presentations.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Trust will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
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).
- Scoring Example: The Selection Question response will be scored using the scoring example attached.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 May 2025, 12:15 BST
- Last source update
- 28 May 2025, 12:15 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Nov 2025
- Authority reference
RMandC/2025/TTLT/488- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028057- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0527cfFind a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Trust will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
You can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Or to be emailed to the Trust and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
28 May 2025 → 1 Jan 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 12:15 BST
- Clarification questions by8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission deadline8 Jul 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by339 days ago17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts295 days ago1 Jan 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published28 May 2025, 12:15 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to Schools/Trusts.
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 1) TTLT SQ Document Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications 2) TTLT SQ Document Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications 3) TTLT SQ Scoring Example
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender