Official UK procurement notice
Whitings Hill Catering Tender Contract Award
Procurement agent: Educo·On behalf of: Whitings Hill (from the title)
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: London (UKI7)
Published estimate£493,500≈ £165k / year · £592,200 inc. VAT12.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Nov 2025awarded 11 Feb 2026
Awarded to Nourish
Contract term 3 yrsends 4 Apr 2029 · starts 5 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing a 2 stage procurement process, Contract Awarded to provide term-time school lunch provision for Whitings Hill Primary School for a period of 3 years
- How the procedure runs: a two stage process inviting bidders to complete an SQ in stage 1 which will be evaluated with the highest scoring bidders invited to go to Stage 2 to provide a financial and operational response which will result in being invited to present to the client who will then make their decision.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£493,500
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Financial: 20%
- Operational: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Financial: Provide financial information about the organisation
- Operational: Response to operational questions within SQ
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
- Awarded
- 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
- 2 Oct 2025, 14:42 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Feb 2026
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-070816- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6fcFind a Tender
- How it runs
a two stage process inviting bidders to complete an SQ in stage 1 which will be evaluated with the highest scoring bidders invited to go to Stage 2 to provide a financial and operational response which will result in being invited to present to the client who will then make their decision.
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: mytenders · Who buys & how to bid on myTenders
Access & registration note: Free publication showcase; bidding happens on buyer portals
- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 28 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 28 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
mytenders.co.uk
Timeline
2 Oct 2025 → 25 Jun 2026 · 11 dates- Planning notice published384 days ago2 Oct 2025, 14:42 BST
- Market engagement355 days ago31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
this UK2 notice will require the Selection Questionnaire and any supporting documents to be uploaded by the closing date of this stage.
- Tender notice published352 days ago4 Nov 2025, 12:47 GMT
- Next notice expected334 days ago21 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification questions by332 days ago24 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline328 days ago28 Nov 2025, 10:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent253 days ago11 Feb 2026
- Award decision expected by250 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Standstill ends243 days ago20 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts200 days ago5 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published119 days ago25 Jun 2026, 09:42 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 Oct 2025, 14:42 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published4 Nov 2025, 12:47 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active4 Nov 2025, 12:47 GMT
- Procurement method changed4 Nov 2025, 12:47 GMT
- Contract award notice published11 Feb 2026, 19:51 GMTUK6
- Status changed to complete11 Feb 2026, 19:51 GMT
- Contract signature expected24 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Jun 2026, 09:42 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 2 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £555,1951 award exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NourishWhitings Hill Catering1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2029 | £555,195 | 11 Feb 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Whitings Hill Primary School - Catering Contract · Nourish
- Signed
- 16 Mar 2026
- Value
- £555,195
- Period
- 28 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2029
- Status
- active
3 agreed KPIs: 1 · 2 · 3
- 1
- 2
- 3
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Whitings HillBeneficiary authoritynamed in the title
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NourishAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: uploaded to this notice through the mytenders portal
- Bidding documents and specifications Example Catering Agreement
- Bidding documents and specifications Selection Questionnaire
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender