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Beths Grammar School - Catering Services

BETHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

30 Sep 2026 at 10:42

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Award

01 Jul 2026 at 12:45

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

28 Nov 2025 at 09:39

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Beths Grammar School procured a full outsourced school catering service for pupils and staff at its Bexley site. The service covers breakfast, morning breaks and lunch on each school day, using the main dining areas and servery, a hot-and-cold grab-and-go section and an external pod. The school had 1,700 pupils enrolled for the 2025/26 academic year, including 179 eligible for free school meals. The buyer sought a catering partner to improve uptake, develop the service collaboratively and introduce creative menu ideas and initiatives. This is school catering work, rather than a supply-only contract, with responsibility for delivering food service across the school day.

The procurement is complete and Alliance in Partnership Limited was selected for the single, unloted contract. The award was made on 1 July 2026 for £3,600,505. The contract was signed on 1 September 2026 and runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2029, with two optional 12-month extensions, giving a possible maximum term to 31 August 2031. The competition used a selective competitive flexible procedure, with suppliers progressing through participation assessment, tender evaluation and presentations. Five bids reached the final stage. Evaluation weighted quality at 90% and price at 10%. The initial expression-of-interest deadline was 16 January 2026; the enquiry deadline was 5 December 2025.

For a future competition for this requirement, credible suppliers would need to run a complete school food operation across breakfast, breaks and lunch, including service through dining areas, a main servery, grab-and-go provision and an external pod. The school’s focus on raising pupil uptake and continuously improving the partnership points to a need for practical menu development, appealing food initiatives and the ability to work closely with school staff. The service must cater for both pupils and employees, in a school with a substantial pupil population and free-school-meal provision. The selected supplier demonstrates that a large catering operator can win this work; one of the five final-stage bidders was an SME, so smaller providers also reached the final evaluation. TUPE was expected to apply, making workforce-transfer planning and continuity relevant capabilities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Beths Grammar School - Catering Services

Notice Description

Beths Grammar School is currently out to tender for the provision of a full daily catering service. The services at the school are a outsourced provision. The Contractor will be responsible for the provision of a full school food catering service for the pupils and staff at the school. This will consist of breakfast, morning breaks and full lunch service for each school day. The catering facilities at the school include the main dining areas and servery, plus also a hot and cold Grab and Go section in the main servery as well as an External pod. Across the school there are currently 1700 pupils on roll for the academic year 2025/26. Of this figure, 179 pupils are entitled to Free School Meals. TUPE is expected to apply, details of which can be found in the tender documentation. The school is keen to further increase uptake and continue the good work already in place for catering. It wishes to do so by working closely with the successful contractor in developing and continuously improving the service and partnership during the period of the contract and by introducing innovative and creative ideas as submitted in the tender process and ongoing. The school is aware that there are always opportunities to improve and modernise. They are interested in ensuring that the caterers provide the best possible service, introducing new menu ideas and initiatives so that pupils are all eating and utilising the service regularly.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: The duration detailed above includes the initial term of 3 years as well as the 2 optional contract extension periods of 12 months each.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05eac8
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/092216-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
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
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£3,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£3,600,505 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
£3,600,505 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
1 Jul 20263 months ago
Contract Period
1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
2027-11-28

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
BETHS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BEXLEY
Postcode
DA5 1NE
Postcode Area
Dartford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
Delivery Location
TLJ4 Kent
Local Authority
Bexley
Electoral Ward
St Mary's & St James
Westminster Constituency
Old Bexley and Sidcup

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Alliance in Partnership Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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