Notice Information
Notice Title
St Gregory's Catholic College - Catering Tender
Notice Description
St Gregory's Catholic College (Bath) is seeking a professional catering service provider to manage their student catering service at the school.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Two x one year (twelve month) extensions.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06020c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001540-2026
- 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
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £1,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 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
- SAINT GREGORY'S CATHOLIC COLLEGE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Dave Croshaw
- Contact Email
- dave.croshaw@ace-advice.co.uk, hello@ace-advice.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07765062169
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BATH
- Postcode
- BA2 8PA
- Post Town
- Bath
- 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
- TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- 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/001540-2026
8th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice
The bidders are given access the ACE Bidiful Portal where they can download the specific tender documents.
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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