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title: "Wapping High School Catering"
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# Wapping High School Catering

Buyer: WAPPING HIGH SCHOOL CATERING TENDER  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0486b1

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## Summary

The procurement process initiated by Wapping High School, located in East London, Tower Hamlets, revolves around their catering services, aiming to enhance the students' dining experience. This process, launched as a restricted tender procedure, adheres to a selective procurement method focusing on school catering services within the education sector. Wapping High School, governed by public law, seeks suppliers to start the contract from 1st January 2025, initially spanning three years with a potential two-year extension. The contract, valued at approximately £200,000 annually, totals around £600,000 for the period. The procurement process reached its award stage with Olive Dining as the recognised supplier on 14th May 2025. The tender was announced with a submission deadline of 3rd September 2024, encouraging electronic submissions through Cohesion Consulting Ltd, which also serves as both the buyer's contact and mediation body.

This tender offers significant opportunities for businesses within the catering sector, particularly those capable of delivering high-quality service and innovative solutions that align with the school's vision for exemplary student service. SMEs in the catering industry could see considerable growth through this contract, as it emphasises maximising sales and uptake of free school meals (FSM) and promises enhanced returns for proactive management and quality assurance. Companies like Olive Dining, with a proven track record in educational catering, would find this tender particularly suitable due to its scale and necessity for maintaining excellent standards and demonstrating financial acumen within a competitive yet rewarding environment.

## Notice

Wapping High School is a co-educational Secondary School in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It has 335 students between the ages of 11 and 16 on roll, with a capacity of 420 students and 50 teaching and support staff. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen.The School is developing their catering services to reflect the high aspirations of the Executive Headteacher and SLT and are tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of January 2025 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The contract value is circa PS200,000 per annum, so over PS600,000 over the initial three year term.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active managem

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Wapping High School is a co-educational Secondary School in East London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It has 335 students between the ages of 11 and 16 on roll, with a capacity of 420 students and 50 teaching and support staff. Staff in the catering team have NEST pension schemes. There is one busy main restaurant with a modern, well equipped and compact kitchen. The catering team are all on NEST pensions.The School Finance and Business Manager, Gurjit Sidhu, is developing the services to reflect the high aspirations of the Executive Headteacher and SLT; he is tendering their catering services to deliver the very best service for every student at the school. The contract start date is the 1st of January 2025 and this will be for an initial three-year period. There is an option for both parties to extend the contract for a further two years subject to client satisfaction and client agreement on budgets and service levels. The contract value is circa PS200,000 per annum, so over PS600,000 over the initial three year term.This contract will reward maximising sales and FSM uptake through pro-active management and consistently high levels of food quality and tangible contract support. The School and CCL expect the successful Contractor to guarantee their financial proposal within reason and deliver excellent standards.

Renewal: The contract is for an initial three year term. There is an option to extend the contract for a further two years subject to mutual agreement, based on strong financial and qualitative performance by mutual agreement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022419-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Sep 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 May 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £600,000 |
| Lots value | £600,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £444,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WAPPING HIGH SCHOOL CATERING TENDER |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | East London |
| Postcode | E1 2DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Whitechapel |
| Westminster constituency | Bethnal Green and Stepney |
| Delivery location | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OLIVE DINING |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 18 May 2025 at 13:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022419-2025
- 1 Aug 2024 at 10:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024108-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cohesionconsulting.co.uk
- http://www.olivedining.co.uk
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/cohesionconsulting/aspx/Home
- https://wappinghigh.org/
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/procurement

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