Official UK procurement notice
Woodhouse College ~ Catering Tender
Authority: Woodhouse College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services at Woodhouse College
The successful Supplier will be required to provide catering services for Woodhouse College.
'The mission of Woodhouse College is to be an inspirational and nurturing community that is committed to excellence and equips high-achieving, ambitious students with the skills to thrive on their preferred university course and in the wider world of work.'
Woodhouse College is a popular and oversubscribed sixth form college in Barnet teaching A level courses to around 1500 students aged 16 –18 years, who join us from over 180 different schools across North London. The college employs approximately 150 teaching and support staff.
Our students are high-achieving and hard-working. They have done well at GCSE and aim to do likewise at A level. Almost all go on to university. The college acts as a bridge from school to university, giving students a chance to grow in confidence and to develop independent learning skills.’
From 1st January 2021, following academisation, Woodhouse College became part of Frontier Learning Trust which also operates the small but growing specialist Imperial College Maths School on the same site (whose students currently use the College catering facilities which makes a total student population of 1620 from September 2025.)
Catering for staff and pupils is currently from a single central service point on campus with adequate seating availability (unless it is raining!). The catering service also provides hospitality and events on an ad hoc basis.
Current F&B sales are just under £300k per annum with possibilities to extend sales with additional service points
The College expects the successful Supplier to meet the needs of their students and staff. 16–19-year-old students are responsive to “fast grab and go” food, prepared to order food and to branded foods.
The College management team want the College to be an exciting and interesting place for their students, and believe an innovative food supplier will be able to deliver a provision which feels mature, current and above all have a different look and feel to the secondary school experience.
The Supplier will enable the continued development of catering through the provision of an innovative, student lead food offering being prepared on-site.
Please see SQ Document for further information.
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- How the procedure runs: The SQ & ITT will run concurrently. This will be followed by a presentation stage with the top scoring bidders invited.
CPV: Catering services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£115,000
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 award criteria (1)
- Quality: Long criteria description
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
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Jun 2025
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-015869- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0504bdFind a Tender
- How it runs
The SQ & ITT will run concurrently. This will be followed by a presentation stage with the top scoring bidders invited.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
17 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
- Submission deadline16 May 2025, 13:00 BST
- Award decision expected by10 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent16 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2025
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Apr 2025- Tender notice published17 Apr 2025, 12:05 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete30 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract signature expected12 Jul 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cater Link Limited1 Aug 2025 – 31 Jul 2030 | £1,115,000 | 16 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cater Link LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender