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title: "Thornleigh Salesian Catering Tender 2025"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-058b4a"
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current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "RPJ3 GROUP - ON BEHALF OF THORNLEIGH SALESIAN COLLEGE"
published: "2025-08-20"
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# Thornleigh Salesian Catering Tender 2025

Buyer: RPJ3 GROUP - ON BEHALF OF THORNLEIGH SALESIAN COLLEGE  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-058b4a

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## Summary

Thornleigh Salesian College, represented by the RPJ3 Group, is currently in the tender stage for a procurement process titled "Thornleigh Salesian Catering Tender 2025." This process is aimed at selecting a provider for school catering services, classified under the CPV code 55524000. The college, located in the Wirral, UK region, intends to award a contract starting in March 2026 with a possible duration of up to five years, including extension options. Interested suppliers must submit their pre-qualification questionnaires by 15 September 2025. The competitive flexible procedure will involve site surveys in early October, a tender deadline in late October, and interviews in mid-November 2025. The procurement is conducted under the UK Public Contracts Regulation 2023/54, ensuring a best-value approach that supports the school's ethos and needs.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for companies specialising in catering services, especially those capable of delivering flexible and value-driven solutions. With a framework that includes both economic and qualitative selection criteria, businesses able to demonstrate robust technical capabilities and competitive pricing are well-suited to compete. This process encourages participation from SMEs, aligning with the college’s aim to ensure a diverse vendor engagement. Successful participation in this procurement could establish a lasting professional relationship with Thornleigh Salesian College and potentially expand a company’s service footprint within the educational sector.

## Notice

Thornleigh Salesian College are seeking to procure a provider for catering services. The provision of the service must demonstrate the best value approach and be flexible in its delivery and operation to ensure that the needs and ethos of the school are supported. This tender process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in March 2026. Please note that this process covers all catering services within Thornleigh Salesian College with full tender costings and proposals for the college for a contract start in March 2026. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will include the creation of a select bidder list following analysis of PSQ documents (within which the scoring criteria is included). Following the analysis of PSQ's the selected bidders will be invited to attend a site survey and tender briefing initially planned for early October 2025. Tender responses deadline is planned as late October 2025 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in mid November 2025. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Renewal: Option of up to two further annual extensions after the initial 3 year term meaning a possible 5 year period in total

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050173-2025 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Aug 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2026 - 30 Apr 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,500,000 |
| Lots value | £2,500,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | RPJ3 GROUP - ON BEHALF OF THORNLEIGH SALESIAN COLLEGE |
| Locality | WIRRAL |
| Post town | Chester |
| Postcode | CH46 3SA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD74 Wirral |
| Local authority | Wirral |
| Electoral ward | Leasowe and Moreton East |
| Westminster constituency | Wallasey |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

### Codes

- 55524000 - School catering services

## Release History

- 20 Aug 2025 at 12:23 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050173-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/050173-2025
  20th August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Authority/NoticeBuilder/NoticeBuilder_FileDownload.aspx?id=608961
  PSQ document for the Thornleigh Salesian College Catering Tender 2025

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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