Official UK procurement notice
Trumpington Federation Catering Tender
Authority: The Trumpington Federation (RM&C) (Public body)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Federation is putting the catering contracts in their two primary schools out to tender with a contract start date of 1st September 2026. The schools are located in Trumpington, Cambridge. You will be bidding for the schools as one Lot and the Federation 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 Federation 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
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 to this notice.
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
- 9 Jan 2026, 13:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2026, 13:53 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
RMandC/2026/TF Cat/521- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001883- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0602e0Find a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the Federation 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)
- 23 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 23 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 23 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. Please email your Part 2 Response to the Federation and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Alternatively you can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
9 Jan 2026 → 1 Sept 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published286 days ago9 Jan 2026, 13:53 GMT
- Clarification questions by241 days ago23 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline241 days ago23 Feb 2026, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by143 days ago1 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts52 days ago1 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published9 Jan 2026, 13:53 GMTUK4
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 (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender