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Bordesley Green Girls School (BGGS) ~ Catering Tender

Bordesley Green Girls School

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

26 Oct 2026 at 11:54

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

17 Apr 2026 at 14:11

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Bordesley Green Girls School in Birmingham is buying catering services for its pupils. The service covers the main school kitchen and a satellite food service point for around 325 sixth-form students. The school expects food to meet its established halal requirements, with the caterer engaging pupil representatives to understand their preferences. Service is required during the 190 full academic days each year, with provision on five inset days by agreement. The site has six tills across the main and sixth-form dining areas, an existing NRS/Civica biometric cashless system, and promotional screens. All transactions currently use ParentPay, paid directly by parents or through school reception. The school has 941 pupils, including 571 known to be eligible for free school meals.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to MiQuill Catering Ltd. The award is recorded as pending, with a scheduled signature milestone on 5 November 2026. The award date is 22 October 2026. The contract is due to run from 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2030, with an option to extend by up to two years, at the governing body's discretion, potentially to 31 March 2032. The awarded gross value is £1.55 million. This was a single-lot, open competition using a competitive flexible procedure. Five bids reached the final stage. Evaluation weighted quality at 70% and price at 30%.

This outcome shows a school catering requirement in which food must meet a defined halal standard and service design depends on listening to pupils and engaging their representatives. Suppliers competing for similar work at this school would need credible experience of delivering school meals across a main kitchen and a separate sixth-form service point, and of managing concentrated demand during a short lunch break. Strong customer-engagement methods, backed by recent examples from comparable contracts, are important. Operational capability should include working with an established biometric cashless till system and ParentPay, alongside the ability to use on-site screens for food promotion. The service also needs to accommodate a high proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals and deliver reliably across the academic year, with inset-day provision by agreement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Bordesley Green Girls School (BGGS) ~ Catering Tender

Notice Description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering Services for Bordesley Green Girls School (BGGS). We are proud of our students and of our school; our Progress 8 results put us in the top 15% of schools nationally. Our pupils are rightly ambitious, and they go on from our Sixth Form to the UK's top universities or to apprenticeships in some of the country's leading companies. We work hard every day to ensure our pupils receive the very best state education available and to encourage them to believe in themselves. Our school catering is composed of the main school kitchen and a satellite service (only) point providing food to our circa 325 sixth form students. Whilst sixth formers can leave the site with parental approval, in practise few do. Our students have a clearly defined understanding of the compliant style of HMC Halal orientated food that they enjoy and expect to have provided at School. The successful catering contractor shall understand this requirement, through facilitated engagement with student representatives. There is a single 50 minute lunch break each day of from 12:30 - 13:20, with the exception of Wednesdays which are from 12:10 to 13:00. Sixth formers are allowed off site, with written parental consent, however typically few pupils take advantage of this opportunity. Customer engagement will be fundamental to the continuous improvement in the service provision and within your tender response your methodology to achieve this will be detailed along with examples of where this has recently been undertaken within similar contracts. An NRS/Civica biometric cashless system is already in operation, there are four tills in the main School dining area, and additional two in the sixth form dining area. There are no active cash loaders, with 100% of transactions being facilitated via ParentPay, either directly by parents or via school reception. There are ample Plasma screens to support dynamic promotional activities. The number of our pupils known to be eligible for free school meals is 571 of the total number on roll of 941 pupils. The catering contract being offered will commence on 1 April 2027 for an initial period of three years, concluding on 31 March 20230, with the opportunity to extend by up to a further 2-years at the discretion of the governing body, and will be offered on a guaranteed performance basis, with a service on each of the 190 full academic days and by agreement for the 5 inset days. Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: 3+2 Please see PSQ Document for more information.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-068565
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/100945-2026
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
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

CPV Codes

55524000 - School catering services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,550,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,550,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,550,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Oct 2026Yesterday
Submission Deadline
14 Aug 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Oct 20265 days ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2027 - 1 Apr 2030 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Bordesley Green Girls School
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WEST MIDLANDS
Postcode
B9 4TR
Postcode Area
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG31 Birmingham
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Bordesley & Highgate
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Miquill Catering Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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