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Cabot Learning Federation ~ Catering Tender

Cabot Learning Federation ~ Catering Tender

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

19 Aug 2026 at 13:18

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

28 Jul 2025 at 12:05

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Cabot Learning Federation is procuring school catering and hospitality services across its multi-academy trust. The requirement covers food provision and related hospitality delivery at up to 36 academies and schools in Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. Sites include primary, secondary and post-16 settings, with some schools providing delivered meals to other locations outside their own site. The five geographic service areas are Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire. The buyer is Cabot Learning Federation, based in Bristol. This is a large, multi-site education catering operation rather than a single-school catering contract, and the successful provider is expected to deliver the service and meet the specification at each participating school.

The procurement has reached award stage following an open competitive flexible procedure with multiple stages. Innovate Services Ltd was selected for all five lots on 17 June 2026, with each award pending signature and a scheduled signature date of 31 August 2026. Award values are £2,531,886 for Somerset, £2,883,640 for North Somerset, £3,587,104 for Bristol, £2,531,973 for South Gloucestershire and £1,125,397 for Gloucestershire, all gross. Each contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029, with options for three further one-year extensions. The written tender assessed catering service delivery, management, people, service development, finance, social and added value, and presentation. Presentations assessed management confidence, proposed school-menu standards and cultural fit.

This requirement demonstrates demand for established education catering operators able to manage consistent service across a geographically dispersed group of schools, including both on-site catering and delivered meals. A credible supplier would need strong catering delivery controls, experienced contract management, suitably capable people, service-development expertise and robust financial management. The evaluation placed particular emphasis on finance and the supplier’s presentation, while also testing menu standards, management-team confidence, social and added value, and cultural fit with the trust. The procurement was marked as suitable for SMEs, although five suppliers reached the final stage for each lot and only one final-stage bidder per lot was an SME. Suppliers preparing for a comparable education catering requirement should be able to evidence reliable multi-site mobilisation, quality assurance, school-appropriate menus, performance management and clear improvement commitments.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cabot Learning Federation ~ Catering Tender

Notice Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering and Hospitality Services for the Cabot Learning Federation. The Cabot Learning Federation is well established Multi Academy Trust situated in Somerset, North Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire and may include at the commencement to this contract the following 36 sites where the successful contractor may be required to deliver a service and meet the requirements of the specification at each school from the contract commencement. The 36 sites which may be part of this tender are: *Begbrook Primary Academy, Begbrook Drive, Stapleton, BS16 1HG *Broadoak Academy, Windwhistle Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP *Brook Academy, Mill Lane, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN *Castle Primary School, Castle Street, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, TA14 6RE *CLF Post 16, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD - (through John Cabot Academy) *Digitech Studio School, Tower Road North, Warmley, BS30 8XQ *Engage - Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR *Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR *Frome Vale Academy, Frenchay Road, Downend, BS16 2QS *Hanham Woods Academy, Memorial Road, Hanham, BS15 3LA *Hans Price Academy, Marchfields Way, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3QP *Haywood Village Academy, 20 Whitney Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8ES *Herons' Moor Academy, Locking Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7DX *John Cabot Academy, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD *Kingsmead Academy Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, Taunton TA4 2NE (Provides delivered meals to outside CLF) *King's Oak Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT *King's Oak Primary Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT *Lansdown Park Academy, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8SJ *Lime Hills Academy, Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN - (Delivered Service from outside Cabot Learning Federation currently) and Lime Hills Academy, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE *Minerva Primary Academy, The Greenway, Fishponds, BS16 4HA *Minerva Primary School, Outer Circle, Somerset, TA1 2BU *Monkton Wood Academy, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD *Priorswood Primary School, Wedlands, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7AD (Provides a delivered service to Minerva Primary School) *Queen Margaret Primary Academy, York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU *Summerhill Academy, Plummer's Hill, St George, BS5 7JU *Tewkesbury Academy, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF *The Redstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD (Provides a delivered service to Castle Primary School *The Sky Academy, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW (Provides delivered meals to outside CLF) *Uphill Village Academy, Old Church Road, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4XH *Wallscourt Farm Academy, Longdown Avenue, Stoke Gifford, BS16 1GE *Waycroft Academy, Selden Road, Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 8PS *Wicklea Academy, Wick Road, Bristol, BS4 4HR *Winterstoke Hundred Academy, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE *Winterstoke Hundred Academy LP, Apprentice Wy, Locking Parklands, Weston-Super-Mare BS24 7PS *Woodlands Academy, Whittock Road, Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 8DQ See PSQ Document for more information.

Lot Information

Somerset

Castle Primary School, Castle Street, Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, TA14 6RE Kingsmead Academy Hartswell, Wiveliscombe, Taunton TA4 2NE The Sky Academy, Pickeridge Close, Taunton, TA2 7HW Minerva Primary School, Outer Circle, Somerset, TA1 2BU Monkton Wood Academy, School Road, Monkton Heathfield, Taunton, TA2 8PD Priorswood Primary School, Wedlands, Taunton, Somerset, TA2 7AD The Redstart Primary School, Redstart Road, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1SD

Renewal: The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of 1 year + 1 year + 1 year on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.

North Somerset

Broadoak Academy, Windwhistle Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4NP Hans Price Academy, Marchfields Way, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3QP Haywood Village Academy, 20 Whitney Crescent, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8ES Winterstoke Hundred Academy BF, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE Winterstoke Hundred Academy LP, Apprentice Wy, Locking Parklands, Weston-Super-Mare BS24 7PS Lime Hills Academy, Pound Lane, Nailsea, BS48 2NN and Lime Hills Academy, Beaufighter Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8E2 Uphill Village Academy, Old Church Road, Uphill, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 4XH Herons' Moor Academy, Locking Road, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 7DX

Renewal: The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of 1 year + 1 year + 1 year on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.

Bristol

Begbrook Primary Academy, Begbrook Drive, Stapleton, BS16 1HG Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR Engage - Evergreen Primary Academy, Waverley Street, Easton, BS5 0YR Frome Vale Academy, Frenchay Road, Downend, BS16 2QS Lansdown Park Academy, Stockwood Lane, Bristol, BS14 8SJ Minerva Primary Academy, The Greenway, Fishponds, BS16 4HA Summerhill Academy, Plummer's Hill, St George, BS5 7JU Waycroft Academy, Selden Road, Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 8PS Wicklea Academy, Wick Road, Bristol, BS4 4HR Woodlands Academy, Whittock Road, Stockwood, Bristol, BS14 8DQ

Renewal: The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of 1 year + 1 year + 1 year on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.

South Gloucestershire

Digitech Studio School, Tower Road North, Warmley, BS30 8XQ Hanham Woods Academy, Memorial Road, Hanham, BS15 3LA John Cabot Academy, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD King's Oak Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT King's Oak Primary Academy, Brook Road, Kingswood, BS15 4JT CLF Post 16, Woodside Road, Kingswood, BS15 8BD Wallscourt Farm Academy, Longdown Avenue, Stoke Gifford, BS16 1GE

Renewal: The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of 1 year + 1 year + 1 year on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.

Gloucestershire

Brook Academy, Mill Lane, Gloucester, GL3 4ZN Queen Margaret Primary Academy, York Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 5HU Tewkesbury Academy, Ashchurch Road, Tewkesbury, GL20 8DF

Renewal: The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 1 September 2026 until 31 August 2029, with the option to extend for a further term of 1 year + 1 year + 1 year on the same terms and conditions excluding the right to further extend. The contract will be guaranteed performance in nature.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566f4
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078975-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award 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

55524000 - School catering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,660,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£12,660,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
£12,660,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
19 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
13 Mar 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Jun 20262 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Cabot Learning Federation ~ Catering Tender
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS15 4JT
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
TLK11 Bristol, City of, TLK12 Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire, TLK13 Gloucestershire CC, TLK23 Somerset CC
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Woodstock
Westminster Constituency
Bristol North East

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Innovate Services Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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