Notice Information
Notice Title
catering Services Contract for Coombe Academies Trust
Notice Description
This five school Trust is looking for a contract caterer to provide a fixed price catering contract to the two secondary schools and three primary schools in the Trust.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The Trust may expand over the life of this contract, and may choose to add any new schools into the agreement, subject to any pre existing contractual arrangements
Renewal: 2 x 12 month extensions will be available should both parties agree in writing
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ef9a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080120-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- 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
- £5,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Dec 20252 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 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
- COOMBE ACADEMY TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Andrew Chapman
- Contact Email
- andrew.chapman@iscc.co.uk, trustenquiries@coombe.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07935 766679
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEW MALDEN
- Postcode
- KT3 6NU
- Post Town
- Kingston upon Thames
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI41 Hackney and Newham
- Delivery Location
- TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
-
- Local Authority
- Hackney
- Electoral Ward
- Hoxton West
- Westminster Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080120-2025
5th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://bidiful-teamportal.app
To apply for the tender documents, please contact: Andrew Chapman Andrew.chapman@iscc.co.uk 07935 766679
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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