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title: "The Woodroffe School - Catering Tender"
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# The Woodroffe School - Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-woodroffe-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07b657). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Our ‘Together We Succeed’ motto emphasises the important role all members of our community play in ensuring that students receive the best that education has to offer whilst, achieving the highest academic standards, irrespective of starting point. At The Woodroffe School, we are committed to ensuring that diversity is celebrated, tolerance is promoted, and everyone is respected, appreciated, and valued equally. The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent catering services to The Woodroffe School, which has 838 pupils of which approximately 19.7% are eligible for free school meals, and has approximately 125 teaching and support staff. There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2032. Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (open for submissions, 30 days left when this document was generated)
- **Buyer:** The Woodroffe School
- **Published Value:** £1,333,360 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 December 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKK25
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-woodroffe-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07b657#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b657`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-woodroffe-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07b657#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delta-esourcing.com%2Frespond%2FB58VWCS6WT)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-woodroffe-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07b657#participate

## Description
Our ‘Together We Succeed’ motto emphasises the important role all members of our community play in ensuring that students receive the best that education has to offer whilst, achieving the highest academic standards, irrespective of starting point.
At The Woodroffe School, we are committed to ensuring that diversity is celebrated, tolerance is promoted, and everyone is respected, appreciated, and valued equally.
Further information regarding The Woodroffe School can be obtained here: https://woodroffeschool.org/
Tender information:
The successful tenderer will be required to provide excellent catering services to The Woodroffe School, which has 838 pupils of which approximately 19.7% are eligible for free school meals, and has approximately 125 teaching and support staff.
The contract term being tendered is for three years, 1st August 2027 – 31st July 2030.  There is an option for a further extension period for up to two additional years to 31st July 2032.
The contract offers an excellent opportunity to review and propose enhancements to the current catering services. This includes but is not limited to; breakfast, morning break, lunchtime and after school services, over the academic year, plus hospitality services upon request.
The Client is keen to secure a high quality catering service including fresh locally sourced ingredients prepared on site, with a menu design that is flexible to suit the requirements of the specific students. The Client is proud of their ‘family ethos’ and expects both a tightly managed service and a management style delivered by the successful contractor that supports, encourages and develops the catering staff. 
The client is seeking a partner that will work with the school to drive their sustainability goals, including the reduction of single use plastics.
The Client is not obliged to accept the lowest price submitted for this tender, rather they are keen to secure ‘best value’ from this contract and to deliver ‘best value’ to the students. Innovative and creative ideas as to how the services can be developed and value added, will be welcomed. The Client seeks a contractor that is keen to work in partnership and who will deliver to its highest abilities, at all times. 
Competitive Flexible Procedure
This procurement will be run under the Competitive Flexible Procedure. This will follow a two stage approach, with stage 1 being the Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ). Here a minimum of 5 candidates (or less, in the event less than 5 meet the minimum criteria) and a maximum of 10 candidates, will progress to stage 2. Any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement and a minimum score of 60% must be achieved. For clarity - a score of 60% does not guarantee selection, rather, the highest scoring candidates will be selected.
Selected tenderers will then be invited to stage 2, the Invitation To Tender (ITT). Here, the evaluation of tender response will be set as 35% price and ...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-woodroffe-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-07b657)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 55524000
- **Delivery regions:** UKK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,333,360

- **Contract Period:** 01/08/2027 to 31/07/2030
- **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%2F105650-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-06T12:03:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-10T14:56:09.332Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b657