Notice Information
Notice Title
Cradle Hill CP School _ East Sussex
Notice Description
Cradle Hill Community Primary School is part of a six?school collaboration with Seaford Primary School, Meridian Community Primary School, Willingdon Primary School, Motcombe School, and Denton Community Primary School, joining together to procure a high?quality catering service for their communities. Provider Capability All interested catering companies must, in the first instance, demonstrate the capacity, capability, and operational resilience to cater for all six schools within the collaboration. While the schools are undertaking a shared procurement process and timetable, each school will retain full autonomy and reserves the right to appoint the catering partner that best aligns with its individual needs, culture, and priorities. As a result, the outcome may be: * A single provider appointed across all six schools, or * Multiple providers, where individual schools select a bespoke catering partner. Shared Aspirations Across the collaboration, the schools share a unified ambition to secure a catering partner who will deliver: * Increased meal uptake through quality, appeal, and value * Fresh, nutritious, and seasonal food prepared with care * A trusted, transparent, and collaborative partnership * Strong pupil advocacy, ensuring children's voices shape the dining experience
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Maximum 2 extensions of 12 months per extension.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06060c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003249-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
-
- CPV Codes
15894210 - School meals
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £639,711 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £639,711 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jan 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 19 Mar 20262 months to go
- 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
- CRADLE HILL COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- lisam@cradlehill.e-sussex.sch.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01323 892773
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SEAFORD
- Postcode
- BN25 3BA
- Post Town
- Brighton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ22 East Sussex CC
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lewes
- Electoral Ward
- Seaford North
- Westminster Constituency
- Lewes
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003249-2026
14th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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