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Published 9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

The Highcrest Academy ~ Catering Tender

Official notice

Authority: The Highcrest Academy

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£1,347,834≈ £270k / year
Submissions closed 21 Feb 2025
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Highcrest Academy is a Secondary School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Moving from a ‘fresh start’ school in 2001 to gaining its specialist status in Technology in 2006, The school converted to an academy in 2011. The tender project is seeking to appoint a Contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service within the existing facilities for the 1065 students on roll and 145 teaching and support staff, with a focus on exciting new food concepts to satisfy a wide range of pupil tastes and dietary requirements.

CPV: School catering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 5 yrsPublished value£1,347,834
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 31 Aug 2030 (5 yrs)
Delivery: South East · Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

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
Closed
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
9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000713
Classification (CPV)
School catering services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ceb7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Buckinghamshire:-School-catering-services./9EG43CX344 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/9EG43CX344 GO Reference: GO-202519-PRO-29086622

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
21 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

9 Jan 2025 → 1 Sept 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    9 Jan 2025, 16:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    21 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    24 Mar 2025
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Highcrest Academy

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, South East, HP13 7NQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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