Notice Information
Notice Title
Bristol Schools Catering Tender Award
Notice Description
2 stage competitive flexible tender resulting in presentation and award
Lot Information
St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
provision of catering and hospitality services
Renewal: subject to service standards and meeting agreed kpi's
Hillcrest Primary Schoolcatering service to provide school lunches for Primary age pupils
Renewal: meeting service standards and agreed kpi's
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05192d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071494-2025
- 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
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- £1,475,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,475,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,112,679 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Oct 20254 months ago
- Contract Period
- 24 Oct 2025 - 31 Dec 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LEICESTER
- Postcode
- LE1 7LT
- Post Town
- Leicester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLF East Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLF21 Leicester
- Delivery Location
- TLK11 Bristol, City of
-
- Local Authority
- Leicester
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Leicester South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/071494-2025
6th November 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023378-2025
20th May 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=600674
Stage 1 Selection Questionnaire -
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=600675
Stage 1 Example Catering Agreement
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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