Notice Information
Notice Title
Kingfisher Learning Trust - Cluster ~ Catering Tender
Notice Description
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services across eleven primary Schools spearheaded by Michael Unsworth Trust COO, at Kingfisher Learning Trust.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services across eleven primary Schools spearheaded by Michael Unsworth Trust COO, at Kingfisher Learning Trust. Michael has offered the below schools support in a Catering Service tender as the local authority have now communicated the service delivery will cease from September 2025. Contract value = PS750,000.00 per annum. The contract will commence September 2025 for an initial contract period of three years, with the option to extend the contract for a further two 12-month periods. This extension will be granted by mutual consent and on the same terms and conditions as the original contract. Livingstone Primary SchoolValeside, Old Brow, Mossley, OL5 0AP Fairfield Road Primary SchoolFairfield Road, Droylsden, Manchester, M43 6AF Canon Burrows CE Primary SchoolOldham Road, Ashton Under Lyne, OL7 9ND Gorse Hall Primary and Nursery SchoolForester Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2DP Micklehurst All Saints CE Primary SchoolThe Rowans, Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, OL5 9DR Hurst Knoll St James CE Primary SchoolLadbrooke Road, Ashton Under Lyne, OL6 8JS Stalyhill Infant SchoolStalyhill Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2TR Stalyhill Junior SchoolHereford Way, Mottram Old Road, Stalybridge, SK15 2TD Mayfield Primary SchoolMayfield Road, Oldham, OL1 4LG St Matthews CE Primary SchoolChadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN East Crompton St James CE Primary SchoolGeorge Street, Shaw, Oldham, OL2 8AX Please see SQ Document for more information.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04de2a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/004748-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,750,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £3,750,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2030 Over 5 years
- 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
- LIVINGSTONE PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Additional Buyers
CANON BURROWS CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
EAST CROMPTON ST JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
GORSE HALL PRIMARY AND NURSERY SCHOOL
HURST KNOLL ST JAMES CE PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- tenders@litmuspartnership.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1276673880
Buyer Location
- Locality
- GREATER MANCHESTER
- Postcode
- OL5 0AP
- Post Town
- Oldham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD35 Greater Manchester South East
- Delivery Location
- TLD3 Greater Manchester
-
- Local Authority
- Tameside
- Electoral Ward
- Stalybridge South
- Westminster Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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