Notice Information
Notice Title
PP-10189 Harbour Learning Trust Catering
Notice Description
This tender is for a requirement of catering services, for one secondary school and seven primary schools in the Grimsby area. Currently five of the seven primary schools have fresh food cooked onsite, two are delivered in hot box meals, as detailed within Attachment 2. However, the Client wishes for all seven primary schools to receive delivered in hot box meals. The secondary school has a large kitchen and serves fresh cooked meals, which is to remain as such. Bidders may wish to consider when building their bid, utilising the secondary school kitchen for some of the delivered in meals for the primaries, and/or other primary kitchens. Further information on the Client's requirements can be found at Attachment 1 Specification and Attachment 2 Client Data. The Contract period will be for three years initially, with the option to extend for two further one-year periods at the discretion of the Client.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: Option to extend for two further one-year periods at the discretion of the Client
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067151
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049593-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
15 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
15894210 - School meals
55523100 - School-meal services
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- £3,830,647 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 May 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 May 20261 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2026 - 31 Aug 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
- HARBOUR LEARNING 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
- GRIMSBY
- Postcode
- DN41 7QD
- Post Town
- Doncaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
- Delivery Location
- TLF3 Lincolnshire
-
- Local Authority
- Cornwall
- Electoral Ward
- Penzance Promenade
- Westminster Constituency
- St Ives
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/049593-2026
27th May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026236-2026
23rd March 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/placegroup
Tender documentation and all correspondence will be managed via the InTend portal under project reference PP-10189. Please register on the portal and express interest in the project to access the tender documentation.
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