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Published 6 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

University Schools Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: University Schools Trust (Education)·Consortium: 5 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedure
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: London (UKI)
Published estimate£5,989,955≈ £1.2m / year
Submissions closed 14 Mar 2025
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

University Schools Trust (UST) seeks to appoint a Contractor whose skills, experience and attributes align with the Trusts Vision and Values. As a small Trust of 4 Schools, the Trust is actively looking to grow and are engaged in discussions with a range of schools’. Community is at the heart of our culture and ensuring our pupils have access to good, well prepared, nutritious food. As UST has grown we are moving towards a more centralised Procurement Model, appointing the services of a single catering contractor is a vital part of achieving this goal. Whilst the Trust currently benefits from localised contract arrangements, we would wish the successful contractor to review the current range of services offered and make recommendations accordingly.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£5,989,955
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: London · LONDON
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update
6 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-003943
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04dc27 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-London:-School-catering-services./U36H552F32 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/U36H552F32 GO Reference: GO-202526-PRO-29329041

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

6 Feb 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    6 Feb 2025, 12:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    14 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    7 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

5 public bodies on the notice

University Schools Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation UST House, Limehouse Causeway, London, London, E14 8AQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Cyril Jackson Primary SchoolContracting authority London, LondonContact email
  • Royal Greenwich Trust SchoolContracting authority London, LondonContact email
  • Sir William Burrough SchoolContracting authority London, LondonContact email
  • St Pauls WayContracting authority London, LondonContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria