Notice Information
Notice Title
Stratford School Academy Catering Tender 2026
Notice Description
Stratford School Academy is a co-educational Secondary Academy located in the London Borough of Newham. The Academy serves up to 1500 students aged 11 to 16 and employs approximately 165 teaching and support staff across its two sites. Each site has its own kitchen and restaurant area. The Academy is tendering its catering services with a contract start date of 1st August 2026. The initial term will run for three years, ending on 31st July 2029, with a requirement for termly and annual reviews and a break clause to support both parties should the relationship not prosper. There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance. The current contract with Innovate Food Group has reached the maximum tenure. The Academy is seeking a professional catering contractor who can deliver an excellent level of service, high-quality food and service enhancements, realistic and achievable sales targets and ongoing support to the Academy community throughout the contract. The projected turnover for the five-year contract is expected to be circa PS2 million. The Academy is running this procurement as a Competitive Flexible, Two Stage, Light Touch Regime, Open Tender Process. To declare your interest in the tender and download contract documents (available free of charge), please register on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home Once registered, please declare interest in the opportunity to access and download the full document set. In short, the Academy needs to be convinced that bidders can deliver their promises in full, achieve their sales projections, and meet their service enhancements. If the School is not convinced of this, it reserves the right to consider an insourced solution or make no award. Any investment proposals must align with DfE guidelines.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: There will be an option to extend for up to two further years (1+1) by mutual agreement, based on qualitative and financial performance.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0612f3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008446-2026
- 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
- Not specified
- 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
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £2,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 30 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Feb 20261 day 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
- STRATFORD SCHOOL ACADEMY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Cohesion Procurement Team, Procurement Team
- Contact Email
- info@cohesionconsulting.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +441892251001
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- E7 9PR
- Post Town
- East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ46 West Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLI4 Inner London - East
-
- Local Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Electoral Ward
- Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Tunbridge Wells
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008446-2026
30th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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