PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Catering Services for Melton Primary School - AWARD

SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL · published 8 Dec 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID6d832678-7e79-4f0c-9678-9bb354eb382a-875039
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-4bbd7522-c5d4-4a86-9a6a-c083df6f20ab
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Z37KdXES
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£350,000
award field
Tender value
£350,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure
Category
services
CPV
55524000
School catering services
Delivery
Not stated
IP1 2BX
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Suffolk County Council on behalf of Melton Primary School are currently out to tender for Catering Services for Melton Primary School. This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of www.suffolksourcing.uk. Interested parties are invited to express their interest in order to gain full access to the tender documentation. The period of the contract is 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2028 with a potential extension for up to a further 36 months. Without the contract extension, the advertised value is £198,000 inclusive of VAT. With the contract extension, the advertised value is £396,000 inclusive of VAT. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 14th April 2025 at 12:00PM. Please note late returns will NOT be permitted. The deadline for clarification questions is 2nd April 2025 at 12:00PM which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 Dec 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published14 Apr 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Lunchtime Company

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 8 Dec 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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