Notice Information
Notice Title
Wensum Trust - Outsourced Catering Services
Notice Description
Wensum Trust are looking for a single supplier to provide catering services for their member schools across the Norfolk area.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Wensum Trust are looking for a single supplier to provide catering services for their member schools across the Norfolk area. The Wensum Trust is made up of 12 schools arranged in three geographical hubs - Norwich, North Norfolk and Rural; the schools included in this contract, and those that will be visited during the site visits are listed below: Acle Academy South Walsham Road, Acle, NR13 3ER Alderman Peel High Market Lane, Wells next the Sea, NR23 1RB Arden Grove Infant Cottinghams Drive, Hellesdon, NR6 6QE Burnham Market Primary Friars Lane, Burnham Market, PE31 8JA Firside Junior School Middleton's Lane, Hellesdon, NR6 5NF Garrick Green Infant Garrick Green, Norwich, NR6 7AL Heather Avenue Infant Heather Avenue, Hellesdon, NR6 6LT Hellesdon High and Sixth Form 187 Middletons Lane, Hellesdon, NR6 5SB Kinsale Infant & Junior (separate buildings) Kinsale Avenue, Hellesdon, NR6 5SG Lodge Lane Infant Lodge Lane, Old Catton, NR6 7HL Wells-next-the-Sea Primary Polka Road, We
Options: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dcff
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004253-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WENSUM TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- m.bee@thecpc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1603254312
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NORFOLK
- Postcode
- NR6 5SB
- Post Town
- Norwich
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLH East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLH5 Norfolk
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
- Delivery Location
- TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
-
- Local Authority
- Broadland
- Electoral Ward
- Hellesdon South East
- Westminster Constituency
- Norwich North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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