Notice Information
Notice Title
Catering Services Contract for Pontefract Academies Trust
Notice Description
The Trust is seeking to appoint a single contractor to provide catering services to all of the schools in the Trust. The Trust currently has two secondary schools and seven primary schools
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The Trust may grow in size over the life of the catering contract, and seeks to be able to include any additional schools who join the Trust into this contract, once the previous commercial agreements permit.
Renewal: Extensions are available as 2 x 12 month periods, agreed in writing by both parties
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-065a8a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045558-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,275,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £7,275,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £10,486,117 £10M-£100M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 May 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 May 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Jul 2026 - 31 Jul 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- PONTEFRACT ACADEMIES TRUST
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTEFRACT
- Postcode
- WF8 4HH
- Post Town
- Wakefield
- 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
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
-
- 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/045558-2026
18th May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016261-2026
23rd February 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://bidiful-teamportal.app
Bidders may apply for the tender documents by emailing ian.henderson@ace-advice.co.uk Documents will be made available from the Bidiful portal: https://bidiful-teamportal.app
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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