Notice Information
Notice Title
School Catering Contract at The Coopers Company and Coborn School
Notice Description
The provision of a school catering service for a large secondary school and 6th form During the life of this contract, the school is undertaking a major rebuild. This will result in the catering facilities moving between permanent and temporary accommodation, to fit in with the redevelopment programme.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 2 x 12 month extension periods are available subject to all parties agreeing in writing
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06d437
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070753-2026
- 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
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
-
- CPV Codes
55524000 - School catering services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,200,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 12 Feb 2027 - 11 Feb 2030 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
- THE COOPERS' COMPANY AND COBORN SCHOOL
- 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
- UPMINSTER
- Postcode
- RM14 3HS
- Post Town
- Romford
- 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
- TLI52 Barking & Dagenham and Havering
-
- 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/070753-2026
27th July 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://bidiful-teamportal.app/p/aceadvice
Bidders shall apply in writing by email to: martin@ace-advice.co.uk to access the documents, which will be distributed via the Bidiful Portal
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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