Official UK procurement notice
Contract Award - Mayfield School Catering
Procurement agent: Educo·On behalf of: Mayfield School (from the title)
following a 2 stage evaluation and scoring process culminating in contractors being interviewed and the client deciding on their preferred. supplier to provide catering services throughout the academic term to students and staff at the school.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionfollowing a 2 stage evaluation and scoring process culminating in contractors being interviewed and the client deciding on their preferred
supplier to provide catering services throughout the academic term to students and staff at the school.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Expressions of Interest and submission of completed Selection Questionnaire to be evaluated & scored. Stage 2 on-line briefing, Site visit, submission of financial and operational proposal to be evaluated and scored. Presentation to client to be evaluated and scored Client decision of preferred supplier contract award
- No preliminary market engagement: This is the first stage a of multi stage process
CPV: School catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£503,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Financial: 20%
- Operational: 80%
Published award criteria (2)
- Financial: detail of organisational financial performance
- Operational: response to operational questions
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AccentMayfield School Catering 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031Extensions: successful completion of initial contract term and subject to satisfactory completion of agreed kpi's | £2,980,700 | 5 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Mayfield High School - Catering · Accent
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2026
- Value
- £2,980,700
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Jul 2029 · up to 31 Jul 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- completion of initial contract term and successful achievement of kpi's extension period could be one year plus one year
5 agreed KPIs: 1 · 2 · 3 …
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 0 | 0 | — |
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
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 May 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003841- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06078bFind a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Expressions of Interest and submission of completed Selection Questionnaire to be evaluated & scored.
Stage 2 on-line briefing, Site visit, submission of financial and operational proposal to be evaluated and scored.
Presentation to client to be evaluated and scored
Client decision of preferred supplier
contract award
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 23 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 6 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
mytenders.co.uk
Timeline
16 Jan 2026 → 4 Nov 2026 · 7 dates- Tender notice published295 days ago16 Jan 2026, 12:02 GMT
- Clarification questions by274 days ago6 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Submission deadline257 days ago23 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by179 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent134 days ago26 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts98 days ago1 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published2 days ago4 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jan 2026- Tender notice published16 Jan 2026, 12:02 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published26 Jun 2026, 13:50 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete26 Jun 2026, 13:50 BST
- Contract signature expected31 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Nov 2026, 16:05 GMTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeClients of the procurement agent
- Mayfield SchoolBeneficiary authoritynamed in the title
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- AccentAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: uploaded to the mytenders portal
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender