The Trust are seeking to establish a Catering Services Framework Agreement for the provision of catering services across its schools
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The Trust is seeking a Contractor to provide a high-quality outsourced catering service, whilst delivering value for money for the school, parents and pupils using the Services. The Contract will include all food and staff provision to support the delivery of the service requirement.
Catering Services Framework Agreement open to all schools, academies, trusts and other educational establishments in North and West Yorkshire. Initial Call-Off Bodies for are ten primaries detailed in the ITT and associated documents.
Reference: ACPHCS0001
Description: Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust intends to procure a contract for the provision of catering services and associated goods across schools within the Trust.
The procurement is intended to support the continued delivery of high-quality, safe, nutritious and value-for-money school meals whilst promoting pupil wellbeing, healthy eating, inclusion and sustainability. The Trust currently operates across a number of schools and is reviewing its future catering arrangements in advance of the expiry of its current catering contract in July 2027
Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust currently comprises 10 primary schools serving approximately 3500 pupils total, across Wolverhampton and surrounding areas. The Trust reserves the right to include additional schools that may join the Multi-Academy Trust during the lifetime of the contract.
The scope is expected to include:
• Daily meal preparation and service.
• Free School Meals (FSM), Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) and paid meal provision.
• Breakfast clubs, hospitality and special event catering.
• Menu planning and nutritional compliance.
• Food safety, allergen management and HACCP compliance.
• Staffing, recruitment, training and workforce management.
• Contract management, performance reporting and continuous improvement.
• Sustainability initiatives, food waste reduction and responsible sourcing.
• Engagement with pupils, parents, schools and Trust stakeholders.
• Supply of associated catering consumables and ancillary goods where required.
Suppliers will be expected to demonstrate:
• Strong experience delivering school catering services within the education sector.
• Robust safeguarding, food safety and allergen management arrangements.
• Ability to improve meal uptake, customer satisfaction and nutritional outcomes.
• Effective staffing resilience and mobilisation capability.
• Strong reporting and contract management processes.
• Commitment to social value, local employment opportunities and community benefits.
• Environmental sustainability and responsible supply chain management.
The Trust intends to use feedback received through its market engagement activity to help shape the final specification, performance framework, contract structure and evaluation methodology for the procurement.
Particular emphasis will be placed on:
• Food quality, nutritional standards and pupil experience.
• Allergen management and statutory compliance.
• Safeguarding and staff vetting requirements.
• Service reliability and workforce resilience.
• Contract performance management and continuous improvement.
• Social value and sustainability outcomes.
Perry Hall Multi-Academy Trust has appointed Altair Ltd to act as its official procurement agent for this tender. Altair Ltd will be managing market engagement responses, administrative queries, and tender communications on behalf of the Trust. All expressions of interest and engagement submissions should be directed to [email protected]
When the tender notice is published, the contracting authority will be using InTend as its eportal.
View 2-notice timelineLatest notice released 18 Dec 2026
Private SectorTender 2 notices
Canteen and Catering Services
PA invites organisations to participate in a 60-month DPS for the provision of Canteen and Catering Services. The DPS will be accessible by all current and future Clients of PA. The DPS may be used by all NHS Trusts, Social Housing Providers, Local Authorities, Blue Light Services, Education, Charities and all other contracting authorities that are located in the United Kingdom including those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102.
Procurement Assist is publishing this Notice of Amendment made pursuant to the original Notice 2023/S 000-014644 to extend the DPS to 31 May 2029. The remaining information in relation to this DPS is unchanged.
View 2-notice timelineLatest notice released 31 May 2029
Private SectorTender
Canteen and Catering Services
PA invites organisations to participate in a 60-month DPS for the provision of Canteen and Catering Services. The DPS will be accessible by all current and future Clients of PA. The DPS may be used by all NHS Trusts, Social Housing Providers, Local Authorities, Blue Light Services, Education, Charities and all other contracting authorities that are located in the United Kingdom including those listed in Schedule 1 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015/102.
Procurement Assist is publishing this Notice of Amendment made pursuant to the original Notice 2023/S 000-014644 to extend the DPS to 31 May 2029. The remaining information in relation to this DPS is unchanged.
PRE-MARKET ENGAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE (PME) for CAT-26-002 Sustainable Catering Disposables and Packaging
This is not a tender exercise by the Education Authority. The Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) wishes to engage with the market to seek their views on establishing a robust, value for money contract for the provision of sustainable catering disposables and packaging products . Any information gathered through this market consultation exercise will inform internal business planning and any possible subsequent procurement process and will NOT be appraised in any future tender evaluation exercise. Please note that participation or non-participation in this preliminary market consultation exercise shall not prevent any supplier from participating in any potential procurement process, nor is it intended that any information supplied shall place any supplier at an advantage or disadvantage in any forthcoming procurement process. For the avoidance of doubt, this is the scoping phase of the project and is not part of a formal procurement process. Suppliers who wish to participate in the market engagement exercise should complete the pre-market engagement questionnaire. Further information including the questionnaire can be downloaded from CfT documents. The Questionnaire must be completed and PME Document signed and returned via the Messaging function of eTendersNI by no later than 3pm on Wednesday 21 October 2026 (deadline) in accordance with the instructions detailed in the PME Questionnaire document. There are no formal tender documents to be completed other than the questionnaire.
TUCO intends to establish an Open Framework for Catering Technologies and Services, covering technology solutions used by TUCO member institutions (higher education, further education, healthcare, local authority and other member organisations) to run their catering operations. The Framework is anticipated to be structured into six Lots: P2P System; Food Safety & Compliance; Digital Signage; EPOS (Point of Sale); Greenhouse Gas Calculator; and Food Waste Management Systems.
Estimated annual value is £1.2m; £9.6m over 8 years
Open Framework (a scheme of successive frameworks under section 49 of the Procurement Act 2023), anticipated to be awarded following the Open procedure.
This Pipeline Notice provides advance notice of TUCO's intention to establish an Open Framework for Catering Technologies and Services. A UK2 Preliminary Market Engagement Notice (PMEN) will follow in due course, which will include a supplier questionnaire to gather feedback from potential suppliers on the proposed Lot structure, commercial models, and market capability ahead of the tender. Suppliers interested in this opportunity are encouraged to look out for the UK2 notice and to respond to the questionnaire when published.
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITEDWAC-657267
The Palladian Academy Trust is seeking a single supplier to provide catering to all thirteen of its schools in in the Bath area. One secondary school and twelve primary schools.
The Trust reserves the right to add any new schools joining the Trust to the contract should it be required.
The successful supplier will be required to gain admitted body status to two Local Government Pension Schemes.
The True Learning Partnership Framework Catering Tender 2026/27
The True Learning Partnership (TTLP) are seeking to procure a number of providers for a multi-supplier framework for catering services. The main objective of this procurement exercise is to deliver the procurement of a framework that will enable the Trust to source catering services for its schools.
There are initially 5 schools in this framework, however, other schools may call off later.
It should be noted that it is not mandatory for Trust schools to use this framework. Schools will only call off from this agreement if they have a requirement to do so. It is envisaged the number of contractors on the framework will be between 1 and 3
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 individual schools are supported.
This framework process is targeted to have a catering contract in place to commence in April 2027 for the initial direct award schools. Please note that this process covers all catering services within the Trust schools with full tender costings and proposals for the schools for a contract start in in April 2027 for the initial direct award schools. These details will be further explained in the ITT documents. The process will be through a competitive flexible procedure commencing with a participation stage to create a select bidder list following analysis of a PSQ document (within which the scoring criteria will be included). The nature of the contract demands a good local infrastructure to provide and maintain the level and standard of catering services and support required by the Trust. Labour resource/relief cover is very important. We have set a minimum Employer's (compulsory) liability insurance of 10,000,000 GBP). Following the analysis of PSQ’s the selected bidders will be invited to attend site surveys and tender briefing initially planned for late October 2026. Tender response deadline is planned as Mid November 2026 and it is envisaged that interviews will take place in early December 2026. The contract will be for a 3 +1 +1 period (5 years in total including the option to extend for 1 + 1years after the initial 3-year term).
Provision of Bar & Catering Services - Swansea Theatres
The Council wishes to appoint a contractor to manage and facilitate the commercial catering and bar services for two sperate venues: Brangwyn Hall and Grand Theatre.
The contractor will provide a consistent, high quality and cost-effective service, whilst providing an acceptable level of financial return to Council and contractor.
All venues areas are owned and maintained by the local authority.
For tendering purposes, this procurement will be split into three Lots with our preference being Lot 3.
Lot 1 – Brangwyn Hall
Lot 2 – Swansea Grand Theatre
Lot 3 – Both venues
Within Lot 1 and Lot 3, we will require a separate costed element to facilitate Frank’s Café (Located at the Brangwyn Hall).
Formed in January 2026 through the merger of two successful multi-academy trusts, Tapestry brings together a wealth of expertise, resources, and a shared commitment to excellence. This new partnership creates a strong network of schools dedicated to delivering outstanding education and enriching opportunities for every student.
The Trust are seeking Catering service providers to tender for the provision of all catering services presently offered within the Schools outlined in the PSQ document, including breakfast, morning break, lunch and all hospitality and free issue requirements.
The contract will be for three years in duration, with the option to extend for a further one period of up to two years and with a commencement date of 01 August 2027.
Full details will be included in the Invitation to Tender.
TUPE regulations apply to this contract, which involves the transfer of existing catering staff, of which some may be members of the Local Government Pension Scheme, requiring arrangements to be made for 'Admitted Body' status with the relevant pension fund.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at:
https://invictus-inport.com/tenders/UK-UK-Nottingham:-School-catering-services./D472GU9A2V
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