Notice Information
Notice Title
Managed Outsourced Solution for Education Catering
Notice Description
Hampshire County Council is seeking a supplier to take on provision of catering services to Educational Establishments across the county of Hampshire, following the cessation of the Contracting Authority's in house service, Education Catering. 189 Educational Establishments have confirmed to the Contracting Authority that they wish to access catering services through this Contract from the outset, with the breakdown by establishment type, pupil numbers on role etc included as Annex 1 A of this ITT. These numbers reflect the schools which have chosen to "opt in" to this arrangement and are not anticipated to change significantly but may be subject to some change before the Contract commences. Educational Establishments are opted in for the initial period of the contract with the option to extend for an additional 2 years. This extension is dependent on the Contracting Authority extending this Contract. Educational Establishments that choose not to access services through this Contract at the outset will have the option of joining later during the life of the Contract and will be able to access the services under the same terms as those that were part of the Contract from the start. Establishments would only be added subject to agreement from all parties. Educational Establishments may be either Local Authority maintained schools or Academies. These entities have different legal statuses, and each academy trust accessing services through this contract will be required to complete a Deed of Adherence (sample provided in Annex 3d) with the Contractor & The Contracting Authority prior to implementation. All Tenderers must have signed and completed Annex 5 - TUPE Confidentiality Undertaking Template by the Clarification deadline. Tenderers who submit a tender without having completed and returned Annex 5 as an attachment via the Intend Correspondence function before the deadline for clarification questions (19th May 2025 at 17:00), will have their submission rejected.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: There is 1 contract extension with a maximum duration of 2 years and 0 month, and a value ex VAT of PS 26,338,701
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050620
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075491-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
15894210 - School meals
55500000 - Canteen and catering services
55520000 - Catering services
55523000 - Catering services for other enterprises or other institutions
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £92,185,453 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £92,185,453 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- £82,693,390 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- £82,693,390 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 20 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 27 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Jun 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- 5 Jan 2026 - 5 Jan 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement.support@hants.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WINCHESTER
- Postcode
- SO23 8UJ
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
-
- Local Authority
- Winchester
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael
- Westminster Constituency
- Winchester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075491-2025
20th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036028-2025
30th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016440-2025
23rd April 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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