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Official UK procurement notice

Equitas Academies Trust ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: Equitas Academies Trust (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£910,000≈ £182k / year
Submissions closed 1 Nov 2024awarded 31 Mar 2025
Awarded to Innovate Services
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Equitas Academies Trust.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Equitas…Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£910,000

The successful Supplier will be required to provide Catering services for Equitas Academies Trust.

Equitas Academies Trust was formed in 2011 on the belief that we can inspire our children for the years beyond their time within education. The Trust currently comprises two schools. Our Trust Board must maintain stability while there is a fast-changing educational landscape. We have strategic aspirations for modest growth as a Trust.

Our pupils are guided and motivated in achieving their diverse aspirations by dedicated and passionate teachers, men and women who care deeply about the welfare of their students and have the skills in their subjects possessing the ability to impart that same knowledge and passion to others.

Our schools have a strong reputation for providing an excellent education for all its pupils in a friendly and caring environment. Pupils’ wellbeing is at the forefront of what we do at Equitas, and all staff are committed to ensuring every child’s needs are met.

Our schools cater for children of all abilities in a well-disciplined environment and through a wide range of extra-curricular activities. Our staff are highly qualified, experienced, and committed to ensuring that every pupil reaches his or her potential.

The Equitas Academies Trust is expected to grow with a number of additional schools becoming part of the Trust during this contract period and the provision of catering services at these schools when they have joined the Trust will fall under the scope of this contract. Similarly, Schools with alternative catering provisions currently in place could fall into scope of this contract as their current catering arrangements end. The successful Supplier will be expected to provide this service at these additional schools using the same costing model applied to the successful tender submission. The duration of contract for these schools will not be increased and they will join the contract for the remaining contract period that exists at the point of entry into the Trust.

Aston Manor Academy, Birmingham, B6 4PZ:

A successful 11-18 mixed Academy in the heart of Birmingham, serving the inner-city communities of Aston, Handsworth and Nechells. A school with a long and established history of academic and co-curricular success, Aston Manor Academy continues to provide a wonderfully well-rounded education to bright, ambitious, and talented young people.

At Aston Manor Academy, pupils make remarkable progress academically which is well above the national average, and this continues to improve year on year. This s an outstanding achievement which is made possible by the hard work and dedication the staff and students make throughout the years.

Chilwell Croft Academy, Birmingham, B19 2QH:

Chilwell Croft Academy is a happy and vibrant school that provides children with an innovative, relevant, and engaging curriculum. This enables our children to be curious, independent, and brave learners that are not afraid to take risks. Chilwell Croft Academy is a very happy and improving school for children aged four to eleven. The school currently has children on roll representing over 30 nationalities, speaking 40 different languages.

The staff feel privileged to serve such a strong and diverse community and we see the partnership we have with our parents as crucial to both the academic and personal success of each child.

Overview:

See SQ document for more information. Additional information: Please note, this is a Contract Award Notice, this contract has already been awarded

Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands · Birmingham
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Sept 2024, 16:05 BST
Last source update
25 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017122
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049877 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=944578479 GO Reference: GO-2025425-PRO-30311741

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
1 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

1 Nov 2024 → 1 Aug 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    1 Nov 2024, 12:00 GMT
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    2 Dec 2024
  3. Notice published
    25 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,186,5351 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Innovate Services£2,186,535 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 017122-2025-1 · Innovate Services

    Signed
    31 Mar 2025
    Value
    £2,186,535
    Period
    … – 31 Jul 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Equitas Academies Trust

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Aston Manor Academy, Phillips Street, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 4PZContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Innovate Services LtdAwarded supplier06420662 St Andrews House, West Street, Woking, South East, GU21 6EB

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria