Notice Information
Notice Title
Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic MAT Tender for Catering Services - Secondary and Primary
Notice Description
Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust is seeking a contractor to provide catering services at 3 of their schools based in Blackpool: * St Mary's Catholic Academy (secondary academy) * Christ The King Catholic Academy (primary academy) * St Cuthbert's Catholic Academy (primary academy) St. Mary's and Christ the King are built on the same site along with Christ the King Catholic Church, which is part of the Christ the King and St Kentigern's Parish. St Cuthbert's is located a few miles away in south Blackpool. The contract will be awarded for a period of 3 years commencing 10th April 2026 with an option to extend for a further one plus one years, which will be measured on the achievement of agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI's), from Day One of the contract. The Client is seeking a partnership to continue to maximise the opportunity of the catering facilities and to further enhance the dining experience for both staff and students. There is an opportunity to consider investment proposals which can be used to update the current facilities.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Description of options - Include enough information to understand the scope of the options and the circumstances in which they could be used.
Renewal: Description of extensions - Include the circumstances in which they could be used, and provide a breakdown if multiple extensions are possible.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05572b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036604-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- 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
- £1,854,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,854,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 1 Sep 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 9 Apr 2026 - 9 Apr 2029 3-4 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
- BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Contact Name
- Diane Herbert
- Contact Email
- admin@wlpconsultancy.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01691 664234
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BLACKPOOL
- Postcode
- FY3 7EQ
- Post Town
- Blackpool
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD42 Blackpool
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Blackpool
- Electoral Ward
- Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Blackpool South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036604-2025
2nd July 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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