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title: "Thornton Primary School ~ Catering Tender"
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# Thornton Primary School ~ Catering Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thornton-primary-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-030b58). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Thornton Primary School: "Thornton Primary School ~ Catering Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £800,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Thornton Primary School](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/thornton-primary-school-GB-FTS-40958)
- **Published Value:** £800,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 February 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** School catering services
- **Delivery Location:** UKG31
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £246,757 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/thornton-primary-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-030b58#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-030b58`

## 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/thornton-primary-school-catering-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-030b58#tl-md)

## Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Thornton Primary School, Thornton Road, Birmingham, B8 2LQ.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKG

- **Estimated Value:** £800,000
- **Description:** The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Thornton Primary School.
The catering service provision at the schools has been operated by ABM and has not been market tested for 3 years.  To ensure Best Value principles are...
- **Contract Period:** 31/08/2022 to 31/08/2027

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 021115-2022-001215-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Miquill Catering Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-169030`
  - Value: £246,757 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 021115-2022-001215-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £246,757
  - Signed Date: 16/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021115-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-02T13:05:15.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T21:30:00.459Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-030b58