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title: "Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0397fe"
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# Sapientia Education Trust ~ Catering Tender

Buyer: SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0397fe

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## Summary

The Sapientia Education Trust has completed a tender process for school catering services in Norfolk and Northern Suffolk. The trust, consisting of 7 secondary and 10 primary schools, seeks a specialist service provider for catering across 15 schools. The contract, worth over £1.7 million annually, covers a 3-year period with possible extension. Aspens Services Ltd has been awarded the contract by the trust.

This tender presents an opportunity for catering service providers to engage with a significant educational institution. The focus on consolidating multiple schools under one provider creates an attractive proposition for businesses experienced in school catering. With a clear emphasis on quality service provision and efficiency, suppliers with expertise in educational sector catering are well-placed to compete for this contract opportunity.

## Notice

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering Services for fifteen schools within the trust, six secondary schools and nine primaries, situated in Norfolk, centred around Norwich and Northern Suffolk.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Sapientia Education Trust (SET) was established in 2016 with the purpose of bringing like-minded schools together to work in partnership to deliver a world class education to pupils in Norfolk and Suffolk. The term Sapientia comes from the motto of the founding school, Wymondham College, and means wisdom. 'Our work is cross-phase and involves a strong commitment to staff development and on-going training for all staff in our schools. We believe that collaboration and partnership work helps raise standards and we work with a range of schools within and beyond our Trust.' SET currently consists of 7 secondary schools and 10 primary schools, educating 5,500 pupils. We range in size from the largest state boarding school in the UK, to several very small, rural schools.' SET's school facilities range from the very modern to old Victorian premises. Current catering service annual turnover for the fifteen schools in scope is estimated to be in excess of PS1.7million per annum. The contract is likely to be for an initial 3 year term with the opportunity to extend by mutual agreement for a further two years (3+1+1). The principle aim of this process will be to realise the benefits of a single specialist service provider. This Is a key strategic project for catering that will bundle six secondary schools together alongside nine primaries of varying size, that should attract in-form education sector caterers to make confident and commercially attractive bids. Please see SQ document for more information. Additional information: This is a Contract Award Notice. This contract has already been awarded.

Renewal: Initial Contract will be for 24 months with the option to extend for a further two periods of 12 months

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020568-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large, SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Apr 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £8,858,701 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SAPIENTIA EDUCATION TRUST |
| Additional buyers | ATTLEBOROUGH ACADEMY; BURSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL; CITY ACADEMY NORWICH; FAKENHAM ACADEMY; FRAMINGHAM EARL HIGH SCHOOL; GHOST HILL INFANT AND NURSERY SCHOOL; GREAT HOCKHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL AND NURSERY; OLD BUCKENHAM HIGH SCHOOL; OLD BUCKENHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL; ROCKLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL; SEETHING & MUNDHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL; STRADBROKE HIGH SCHOOL; SURLINGHAM PRIMARY SCHOOL; TIVETSHALL PRIMARY SCHOOL; WHITE HOUSE FARM PRIMARY SCHOOL; WIGAN COUNCIL |
| Locality | WIGAN |
| Post town | Wigan |
| Postcode | WN1 1YN |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH5 Norfolk |
| ITL 3 | TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk |
| Local authority | Norwich |
| Electoral ward | University |
| Westminster constituency | Norwich South |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | ASPENS SERVICES; SERVICE SPORT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 5 Jul 2024 at 11:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020568-2024
- 1 Feb 2024 at 10:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003316-2024
- 16 Jan 2023 at 19:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001335-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.wigan.gov.uk
- http://www.wigan.gov.uk/
- https://canorwich.org/
- https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=873379614
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=45c1f5b0-8595-ed11-811c-005056b64545&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21
- https://www.attleboroughacademy.org/
- https://www.burston-tivetshall-schools.co.uk/
- https://www.fakenhamacademynorfolk.org/
- https://www.framinghamearlhighschool.co.uk/
- https://www.ghosthill.norfolk.sch.uk/
- https://www.greathockhamprimary.org/
- https://www.obhs.co.uk/
- https://www.oldbuckprimary.org/
- https://www.rockland-surlingham-schools.co.uk/
- https://www.se-trust.org/
- https://www.seethingprimary.org/
- https://www.stradbrokehigh.co.uk/
- https://www.whitehousefarmprimary.org/

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