Official UK procurement notice
Bexton Primary School Catering Tender
Authority: Woodfall Primary and Nursery School (RM&C) (Education)·On behalf of: RM&C Consultants Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBexton Primary School is putting its catering contract out to tender with a contract start date of 1st April 2026.
- How the procedure runs: The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£1
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Scoring Example: The Selection Question response will be scored using the scoring example attached.
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Please complete the SQ Part 2 document and use the Scoring Example to see what you will score.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
RMandC/2025/BPS/496- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-061728- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6d6Find a Tender
- How it runs
The first stage is the SQ’s will be scored against the advertised template and the School will invite up to five companies achieving the pass mark for interview (you may achieve the pass mark but not be selected for the ITT stage), provided at least five suitable companies achieve the pass mark.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 14 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 14 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Follow instructions in the Part 1 Document. You can submit your completed SQ Part 2 response via the mytenders portal www.mytenders.co.uk ↗. Or to be emailed to the school and RM&C Consultants Ltd as detailed in the Part 1 Document. Please do not embed your documents into the Part 2 document, provide your additional documents / policies as attachments.
Timeline
2 Oct 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published390 days ago2 Oct 2025, 13:55 BST
- Clarification questions by347 days ago14 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Submission deadline347 days ago14 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by253 days ago16 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published2 Oct 2025, 13:55 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- RM&C Consultants LtdProcuring entityManagement Consultants in providing tender management to schools/trusts.
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications 2) BPS SQ Document Part 2
- Bidding documents and specifications 1) BPS SQ Document Part 1
- Bidding documents and specifications 3) BPS SQ Scoring Example
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender