PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Connect Education Trust Catering Tender 2025

PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOLS LTD · published 14 Jan 2026. 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 ID8c68854f-b5d0-4270-94c8-db412e4a831e-879196
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-b4bd4bb8-4a9f-4140-a00a-c9b5755162e6
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/DqhR3YfZ
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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

Award value
£5,770,000
award field
Tender value
£5,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
55524000
School catering services
Delivery
Not stated
EN3 6BG
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Connect Education Trust require a caterer to provide every pupil, member of staff and guests at the Trust who so requires a nutritionally balanced hot meal at lunchtime that meets the food standards as laid out by 2014 No. 1603 The Education (The Requirement for Academy Food Regulations (England) 2014. There are 6 academies that will require your catering service, 5 academies have kitchens with 1 being a delivered-in service from a local HUB academy within the Trust. Please contact our procurement consultant Mr. Mike Newell to request the tender pack at mnewell@procurementforschools.com Additional information: Please contact our procurement consultant Mr. Mike Newell to request access to the tender pack at mnewell@procurementforschools.com

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release14 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Oct 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published29 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published29 Mar 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Contracts Finder release

Published 14 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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