Find a TenderAwardedContract award notice
Published 17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Woodhouse College ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Woodhouse College (Education)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services (55) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£115,000≈ £23k / year · £115,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 May 2025awarded 16 Jun 2025
Awarded to Cater Link Limited
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services at Woodhouse College

The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Woodhouse College.

'The mission of Woodhouse College is to be an inspirational and nurturing community that is committed to excellence and equips high-achieving, ambitious students with the skills to thrive on their preferred university course and in the wider world of work.'

Woodhouse College is a popular and oversubscribed sixth form college in Barnet teaching A level courses to around 1500 students aged 16 –18 years, who join us from over 180 different schools across North London. The college employs approximately 150 teaching and support staff.

Our students are high-achieving and hard-working. They have done well at GCSE and aim to do likewise at A level. Almost all go on to university. The college acts as a bridge from school to university, giving students a chance to grow in confidence and to develop independent learning skills.’

From 1st January 2021, following academisation, Woodhouse College became part of Frontier Learning Trust which also operates the small but growing specialist Imperial College Maths School on the same site (whose students currently use the College catering facilities which makes a total student population of 1620 from September 2025.)

Catering for staff and pupils is currently from a single central service point on campus with adequate seating availability (unless it is raining!). The catering service also provides hospitality and events on an ad hoc basis.

Current F&B sales are just under £300k per annum with possibilities to extend sales with additional service points

The College expects the successful Supplier to meet the needs of their students and staff. 16–19-year-old students are responsive to “fast grab and go” food, prepared to order food and to branded foods.

The College management team want the College to be an exciting and interesting place for their students, and believe an innovative food supplier will be able to deliver a provision which feels mature, current and above all have a different look and feel to the secondary school experience.

The Supplier will enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, student lead food offering being prepared on-site.

Please see SQ Document for further information.

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  • How the procedure runs: The SQ & ITT will run concurrently. This will be followed by a presentation stage with the top scoring bidders invited.

CPV: Catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 yrsSMEPublished value£115,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2030 (5 yrs)Value: £115,000 exc. VAT · £115,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Quality: Long criteria description

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
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 10 Jun 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015869
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Catering services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0504bd Find a Tender
How it runs

The SQ & ITT will run concurrently. This will be followed by a presentation stage with the top scoring bidders invited.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Litmus TMS
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free
Submission deadline
16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 6 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
  3. Award decision expected by
    10 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Assessment summaries sent
    16 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
  6. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    12 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,115,0001 award exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cater Link Limited1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030£1,115,00016 Jun 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3final-stage tenders10—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Woodhouse College

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PNPG-2464-PDVX Woodhouse Rd, London, London, N12 9EYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Cater Link LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03732298 Earley West, 300 Thames Valley Park Drive, Reading, South East, RG6 1PTContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender