Notice Information
Notice Title
Invitation to Tender for Catering Services
Notice Description
Hanslope Primary School state funded school for students aged 4-11. Hanslope Primary is located in the Village of Hanslope in Milton Keynes. We currently have 273 students on role. Around 150 of those order school provided lunches each day. We are hopeful that with an updated menu and the offer of more variety, that number will increase. We require nutritional meal options for our students that meet food standards. The options should include, a hot meal, vegetarian, vegan, halal and sandwich/cold and gluten free. All meals should be accompanied by a desert. The menu should be regularly updated or on a 3-weekly rotation. We do not have a kitchen facility here so all preparation would need to be completed off site and the food brought in. The site would need to be close enough to ensure the food is kept to temperatures in accordance with food safety standards (a hot serving counter may be required). We require friendly, approachable and efficient members of staff to be provided by the catering company to serve the food and engage with children ages 4 to 11. We have 2 lunch sittings, so would need the food to be onsite and ready to serve at 11.45am and completed at 1pm. We would like the catering company to do their own administration work in regards to the meal ordering, dietary requirements and allergies, queries and complaints. A procedure would need to be in place for any emergency food required for children who do not have lunch. Once service is completed, the catering company would take away any bulky food waste and serving plates/utensils to be washed at an external facility. We cannot have any traces of nuts in the food due to allergies. The catering team will need to demonstrate excellent management of allergies. Themed days, specifically around Census day is needed to encourage the ordering of meals. We currently have an average of 150 students ordering lunches per day. We are hopeful this will increase given a new menu and good food quality.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: If quality and service are kept to a high standard we will continue to contract
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e038
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073457-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55520000 - Catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £74,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £74,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Nov 20253 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Jan 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 11 Apr 2026 - 12 Apr 2028 2-3 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
- HANSLOPE PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Contact Name
- Aylsa Downard
- Contact Email
- admin@hanslope.milton-keynes.sch.uk
- Contact Phone
- +441908510245
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MILTON KEYNES
- Postcode
- MK19 7BL
- Post Town
- Milton Keynes
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ12 Milton Keynes
- Delivery Location
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
-
- Local Authority
- Milton Keynes
- Electoral Ward
- Newport Pagnell North & Hanslope
- Westminster Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073457-2025
13th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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